String of Beads
30-12-562
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 30-12-562 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 1054 |
| Locus | PG 1054, chest of central figure in domed chamber |
| Date Made | ca. 2450 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Gold | Carnelian | Electrum |
| Description | String of gold and carnelian, large beads. Flat lentoids, and carnelian and electrum large double conoids. |
| Length | 111.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930 |
| Other Number | U.11910 - Field No SF |
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