String of Beads

33-22-688

From: Iran | Tepe Hissar

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

Object Number 33-22-688
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iran | Tepe Hissar
Archaeology Area Tepe Hissar
Locus Period I
Period Hissar I
Section Near Eastern
Materials Gypsum | Limestone | Glaze | Carnelian
Technique Glazed
Description

Triple strand of primarily gypsum tubes with severa green-glazed limestone tubes. One carinated and faceted carnelian bead in the center.

Credit Line Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933

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