Bead

65-24-65

From: Iraq | Rimah

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 65-24-65
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Rimah
Locus various provenances
Period Rimah I
Section Near Eastern
Materials Cowrie Shell | Cone Shell | Conch Shell | Snail Shell | Marine Shell
Description

all perforated for use as beads. Types: Mediterranean cowries. Also helmet shells found.

2. Indo-Pacific (?) Bonnet. Also one Indo-Pacific cone found.

3. Indo-Pacific lucines and conches were found plus misc. marine snails.

Credit Line Tell al-Rimah Expedition; Theresa Howard Carter, 1965
Other Number TR2802 - Field No SF

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