String of Beads
B15931
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15931 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | Coffin 243, Vase 2 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Paste | Lapis Lazuli | Carnelian | Agate | Quartz |
| Description | CBS Register: necklace, single string. 16", 49 beads, paste, lapis, carnelian, agate. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam (no.14) 3-19-95 47 beads restrung. 1 broken in the box. most of the paste beads bare traces of paint, as if they were painted to look like banded agate. Mrs. Dam restrung the necklace to have two paste beads between each oblong stone bead. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
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