String of Beads
33-22-703
From: Iran | Tepe Hissar
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 33-22-703 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iran | Tepe Hissar |
Archaeology Area | Tepe Hissar |
Locus | Period II |
Period | Hissar II |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Gypsum | Limestone |
Description | Double strand of gypsum barrel beads alternated every six beads with two grahamite and one limestone disc. Fourteen larger discs of grahamite and limestone are in the center. Restrung as a possible gift for museum members in the 1930's. Original accession number and field number lost. |
Credit Line | Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933 |
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