String of Beads
33-22-719
From: Iran | Tepe Hissar
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 33-22-719 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iran | Tepe Hissar |
| Archaeology Area | Tepe Hissar |
| Locus | Period III |
| Period | Hissar III |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Limestone | Jasper | Lapis Lazuli |
| Description | 3+ beads. Single strand of a variety of beads: discs of limestone, jasper, diorite(?), grahamite, and yellow flint(?); six beads of lapis lazuli; and three beads of carnelian, one of them carinated. Strung as a possible gift for museum members in the 1930's. Original acc. number and field number lost. |
| Credit Line | Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933 |
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