Bead

B14919

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14919
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Archaeology Area CBS Register: Crude bricks construction of the ziggurat
Section Near Eastern
Materials Shell
Description

CBS Register: square, pendant. lapis lazuli. 13 x 13 x 3 mm. cf necklace CBS16175. 2 holes for thread.

the physical object does not match the Register description at all. The number is physically written on the object. It is a small shell bead. oblong, thus the shell is worked.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900

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