String of Beads
33-15-615
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iran | Tepe Hissar
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 33-15-615 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iran | Tepe Hissar |
| Archaeology Area | DF08X1 PR22 |
| Locus | DF 08x1 | Plot Record #22 |
| Period | Hissar III |
| Date Made | ca. 2300 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Frit | Alabaster | Serpentine |
| Description | 3 large frit biconical beads; 1 small frit biconical bead; 3 alabaster biconical beads ornamented with double incised circles; 8 serpentine (?), 4 plano-convex beads and 4 with flat base, convex sides sharply contracted to a small neck. |
| Height | 4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933 |
| Other Number | H490C - Field No SF |
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