String of Beads
85-48-22
From: Iraq | Nippur (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 85-48-22 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur (uncertain) |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Stone | Shell | Amber (uncertain) | Carnelian | Agate | Hematite | Crystal (stone) |
| Description | String of beads including a stone pendant. 40 beads total, including 3 amber?, 3 carnelian, 1 agate, 1 shell, 4 red beads, 1 crystal and 2 hematite. -40 beads of various types, single string. the "pendant" is an improperally drilled bead; red jasper; steatite; lapis; agate; diorite |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
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