String of Beads
30-12-449
From: Iraq | Ur
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 30-12-449 |
| Current Location | On Loan |
| Provenience | Iraq | Ur |
| Archaeology Area | PG 1054 c |
| Locus | PG 1054-c |
| Period | Early Dynastic III |
| Date Made | 2600-2450 BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Gold | Lapis Lazuli | Carnelian |
| Description | 5 carnelian long thickened tubular beads, 10 lapis poppy seed beads, 5 gold poppy seed beads. CBS Register: U.11743. Necklace. Lapis (sketch of shape); gold (sketch of shape); carnelian (sketch of shape). Length 325 mm. PG 1054 c.3. |
| Length | 34.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930 |
| Other Number | U.11743 - Field No SF | 52 B - Other Number | B18168 - Old Museum Number |
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