String of Beads

33-22-708

From: Iran | Tepe Hissar

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 33-22-708
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

Triple strand of small gypsum beads with limestone disc beads at eleven-bead intervals. The two strands are bound together in the center by two limestone tubes and one disc. Strung as a possible gift for museum members in the 1930's. Original acc. numbers and field number lost.

Credit Line Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933

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