String of Beads
Pendant
B15137
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B15137 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Carnelian | Basalt (uncertain) |
| Description | Carnelian Bead/Basalt? Pendant CBS Register: line blank in register 85 of the beads are carnelian, one of which is a diamond [pierced so the square is a diamond] . the Pendant of the restrung necklace is a black stone (basalt?) animal head--likely a boar. His eyes are inlaid carnelian. One is missing. His two teeth are also inlaid, and are both present. |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I-IV, 1888-1900 |
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