String of Beads
B15986
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15986 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Carnelian | Agate |
| Description | CBS Register: necklace. double string. 26". agate and carnelian. pendant and tassel of a wee carn. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam -single strand, 145 beads. The "tassel" is a brown agate bead, drilled with three holes, and 30 carnelian beads hanging down in groups of 10. Otherwise the single strand is alternating agate and carnelian beads |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
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