String of Beads
B15991
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15991 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Archaeology Area | BURIAL 294 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Paste | Shell | Lapis Lazuli |
| Description | CBS Register: necklace. single string. 16". Pendant, 56 beads. Lapis, shell, paste. Burial in Earth 294. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam -55 beads on a single string including. The pendant seems to be a stamp and there is a scarab like bead strung next to a duck . Mainly paste including many "eye" beads as well as a few lapis beads. 3 shell beads, likely conus fragments |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896 |
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