String of Beads
B16178
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | B16178 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Paste | Carnelian | Lapis Lazuli | Frit | Rock Crystal |
Description | CBS Register: Necklace, single string. 14 1/2" blue paste, crystal, carnelian and blue paste pendants. Including CBS9354, 9417, 9418, 15973. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam -single string of beads. most are simple blue paste beads (B15973) [some of which are double beads so the count might be off by one or two depending on if they split or not] There are a few lapis beads thrown in that appear to be outliers. one end is capped by a flat square carnelian piece, the other end is a smiple round carnelian bead. there are four etched carnelian flattened barrel beads, and three rock crystal drop pendants (one is B9354) strung with a carnelian bead. there are also two pendants of grape bunches (one of which is B9417, the one that looks more like rock than frit; the other, unnumbered. is B9418) made in a blue/green frit also strung with a carnelian bead. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
Other Number | B9354, B9417, B9418, B15973 - Other Number |
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