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  • Object[1,202]
  • no[399]
  • yes[803]
  • no[1,157]
  • yes[45]
  • near eastern[1,202]
  • adornment[1]
  • amulet[33]
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  • bead[255]
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  • beads[124]
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  • boss[6]
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  • bracelet[3]
  • bull head[1]
  • button[6]
  • chain[1]
  • column[4]
  • comb (hair - grooming tool)[2]
  • cosmetic[1]
  • cosmetic box lid[1]
  • cosmetic container[12]
  • cosmetic shell[56]
  • cosmetic shell fragment[1]
  • cowrie shell[2]
  • cup[1]
  • cylinder seal[86]
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  • inlay[70]
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  • jewelry[14]
  • kamancheh[1]
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  • lamp[6]
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  • necklace[7]
  • object[18]
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  • ornament[34]
  • oude[1]
  • pendant[39]
  • pendants[3]
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  • pouring vessel[2]
  • raw material[49]
  • ring[31]
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  • santur[1]
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  • sehtahr[1]
  • shell[211]
  • shell core[1]
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  • shell fragments[3]
  • shells[6]
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  • stone fragment[1]
  • string[1]
  • string of beads[75]
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  • tub[1]
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  • al 'ubaid[13]
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  • armenia[1]
  • baq'ah valley[34]
  • beirut[1]
  • belt cave[3]
  • beth shean[153]
  • beth shemesh[58]
  • billa[57]
  • cairo[1]
  • chal tarkhan[2]
  • cheka sabz[6]
  • dhiban[6]
  • dinkha[4]
  • diqdiqqeh[3]
  • dog river cave[1]
  • egypt[1]
  • es-suwwan[1]
  • fara[39]
  • gezer[1]
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  • hajji firuz[1]
  • hasanlu[162]
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  • istakhr[1]
  • jebel al-qesir[7]
  • jordan[45]
  • kamterlan[3]
  • khafaje[25]
  • mir vali[1]
  • near east[5]
  • nippur[161]
  • nuzi[1]
  • palestine[1]
  • qabr sheykhan[2]
  • rayy[10]
  • riga[1]
  • rimah[9]
  • russia[1]
  • sakkisabad[1]
  • shahrud[1]
  • shatra[1]
  • surkh dum[11]
  • syria[4]
  • tal-i-bakun[2]
  • tall as-sa'idiyya[6]
  • tello[1]
  • tepe gawra[68]
  • tepe hissar[32]
  • tureng[1]
  • ur[299]
  • rayy[10]
  • agade[2]
  • akkadian[3]
  • archaic[10]
  • archaic iv[1]
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  • babylonian period[1]
  • billa i[7]
  • billa ia[3]
  • billa ii[6]
  • billa iii[5]
  • billa vi[5]
  • byzantine[29]
  • chalcolithic[1]
  • early arabic[7]
  • early bronze i[1]
  • early bronze iv[1]
  • early dynastic[16]
  • early dynastic iii[10]
  • early dynastic iiib[4]
  • early iron age[2]
  • gawra ii[1]
  • gawra iii[1]
  • gawra ix[10]
  • gawra sub viii[1]
  • gawra sub xi[1]
  • gawra v[1]
  • gawra vi[7]
  • gawra vii[3]
  • gawra viii[15]
  • gawra viiia[1]
  • gawra x[7]
  • gawra xa[1]
  • gawra xi[5]
  • gawra xii[3]
  • gawra xiii[1]
  • hasanlu period iv[102]
  • hasanlu period ivb[2]
  • hasanlu period v[3]
  • hasanlu period vi[3]
  • hellenistic[17]
  • hellenistic period[4]
  • hissar i[4]
  • hissar ib[5]
  • hissar ii[1]
  • hissar iia[7]
  • hissar iii[10]
  • hissar iiia[1]
  • hissar iiic[2]
  • iron[4]
  • iron age i[1]
  • iron age ia[14]
  • iron age ib[12]
  • iron age iia[10]
  • iron age iib[20]
  • isin larsa[2]
  • isin-larsa[2]
  • islamic[2]
  • jemdet nasr[16]
  • kassite[6]
  • late bronze age[4]
  • late bronze i[1]
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  • late bronze ii[7]
  • late bronze iia[37]
  • late bronze iib[8]
  • middle bronze i[1]
  • middle bronze iib[1]
  • minor dynasty[7]
  • modern[1]
  • neo-babylonian[3]
  • old babylonian period[1]
  • parthian[1]
  • persian period[1]
  • pre-sargonic[14]
  • pre-sargonid[2]
  • prehistoric[3]
  • roman[17]
  • roman period[13]
  • sa'idiyya vi[1]
  • sargonid[1]
  • undetermined[1]
  • ur iii[6]
  • agade[1]
  • egyptian[3]
  • hellenistic[4]
  • iron age[2]
  • iron age ii[2]
  • isin-larsa[1]
  • islamic[1]
  • mitannian[1]
  • roman[13]
  • 10 m [10 h][2]
  • 10/13 e-w balk[1]
  • 11 m [10 g][1]
  • 2[1]
  • 3[4]
  • 4[1]
  • 10[5]
  • 10/12[1]
  • 3 metres down, p.g.[1]
  • 5 j [12 n][1]
  • 6[1]
  • 7 'o' [9 l] grave[1]
  • 7 g [13 l][1]
  • 7 q [8 l][1]
  • 8[1]
  • 8 'o' [9 k][1]
  • 9[1]
  • 9 m [10 j][1]
  • alt-schwanenburg estate[1]
  • burial cave a4[13]
  • depth .45-.70[1]
  • df 07[1]
  • df 08x1[1]
  • dg 69x16[1]
  • dg 69x17[1]
  • dg 69x6[1]
  • diqdiqqeh[1]
  • e 23, level iii[2]
  • e 25, level iii[1]
  • e 26, level ii[1]
  • east corner of x[1]
  • g 27, level vi[1]
  • g. 56 n.h. 2[1]
  • grave[3]
  • grave 341[1]
  • grave in 830[1]
  • grave iv[1]
  • h 27, level iii[2]
  • h 27, level vi[1]
  • h 27, level vi, t. 197[1]
  • h 27, level vi, t. 236[2]
  • i l[1]
  • i o[2]
  • ii m[3]
  • ii o[2]
  • intrusine into ta8 post i[1]
  • k 26, t. 278[1]
  • k i[1]
  • level 3[1]
  • level 4[1]
  • level 5, trial trench[1]
  • level 6[2]
  • level 7[3]
  • level 7, trial trench[1]
  • level 8[11]
  • level 8 a[1]
  • level 8, trial trench[2]
  • level 8, trial trench, child burial[1]
  • level 9, trial trench[6]
  • level i (?), f g 43, cist, -4.7 to -5.25[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, -5.55 to -6.3[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, east, -6.25 to -6.55[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, northeast corner, -6.55 to -6.85[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, northwest corner annex, -5.6 to -6.05[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, northwest corner, -6.05 to -6.5[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, northwest corner, -6.05 to -6.6[3]
  • level i, d e 38-39, northwest corner, annex, -6.1 to -6.65[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, west, -6.05 to -6.5[2]
  • level ii or iii, f g 43, cist 1, -5.75 to -6.10[1]
  • level ii, d e 38, .10 off occiput of skeleton x10[1]
  • level ii, d e 38, from neck of skeleton x11[1]
  • level ii, d e 38, south half, -3.1 to -3.4[1]
  • level ii, d e 38-39, -1.60[1]
  • level ii, d e 38-39, -2.3 to -3.75[2]
  • level ii, d e 38-39, -6.0, in small jar[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -1.50[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -2.10 to -2.80[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -70, 1-4 to -1.2, 2-0[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -70, 1-4 to -1.2, 2.0[1]
  • level ii, f g 42, -1 to -1.70[1]
  • level ii, f g 43, section 4, -1.3 to -1.8[2]
  • level ii, h i 48, section 7, -.55[2]
  • level ix[5]
  • level x[3]
  • level xi[4]
  • level xii[3]
  • locus 3[6]
  • p i[2]
  • period iii[8]
  • period iii c[2]
  • pft, pfg/h[4]
  • pg 1815[2]
  • pg 789[2]
  • room 628[2]
  • tomb 11[2]
  • tomb 55[2]
  • u 6, t. 319[2]
  • u s, t. 325[2]
  • v8[2]
  • w7[3]
  • altar[2]
  • animal[7]
  • animal head?[2]
  • animal?[1]
  • animals[6]
  • antelope[4]
  • banquet[1]
  • beard[1]
  • beard?[1]
  • bearded man[2]
  • bird[5]
  • bird head?[1]
  • bird?[1]
  • boat[1]
  • boatman[1]
  • bull[11]
  • bull head[2]
  • bull man[1]
  • cartouche[1]
  • cow[1]
  • crescent[1]
  • crouching lion[1]
  • deer[1]
  • deity[2]
  • demon[1]
  • demon face[2]
  • dog head[1]
  • dog?[1]
  • dots[1]
  • double axe[1]
  • dragon?[1]
  • duck[1]
  • eabani[3]
  • eagle[6]
  • enkidu[1]
  • eye[4]
  • eyes[1]
  • face?[1]
  • female head[1]
  • figures[1]
  • fish[1]
  • fist[2]
  • flower?[1]
  • frog[2]
  • frog?[2]
  • gateway[1]
  • gazelle[4]
  • geometric motif[1]
  • geometric pattern[3]
  • gilgamesh[4]
  • gilgamesh?[1]
  • goat[3]
  • god[1]
  • goddess[1]
  • griffin[1]
  • hair[3]
  • hand[2]
  • heifer[1]
  • human face[1]
  • human face?[1]
  • human figure[2]
  • hunter[6]
  • ibex[4]
  • inscription[2]
  • introduction scene[1]
  • jar[1]
  • lance[1]
  • leopard[1]
  • lion[16]
  • lion head[1]
  • lion?[1]
  • lioness[1]
  • man[6]
  • net[1]
  • ningal[1]
  • noah?[1]
  • ostrich[1]
  • owl?[1]
  • palmette[3]
  • panther[1]
  • pazuzu[1]
  • petal[1]
  • pipes[1]
  • priest[1]
  • rooster[1]
  • scorpion[4]
  • seated god[4]
  • seated goddess?[1]
  • servant[1]
  • shell[1]
  • staff?[1]
  • star[2]
  • tree[1]
  • uraeus[1]
  • vulture[1]
  • worshipper[5]
  • worshippers[2]
  • arabic language[1]
  • sumerian language[2]
  • agate[29]
  • alabaster[14]
  • amber[9]
  • amethyst[3]
  • antimony[4]
  • basalt[2]
  • beryl[7]
  • bitumen[10]
  • bone[29]
  • breccia[1]
  • bronze[29]
  • calcite[3]
  • carnelian[112]
  • ceramic[1]
  • chalcedony[1]
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  • clay[3]
  • copper[20]
  • coral[1]
  • cowrie shell[1]
  • crystal (stone)[3]
  • diorite[1]
  • egyptian blue[5]
  • engina shell[1]
  • faience[27]
  • fossil shell[1]
  • frit[44]
  • garnet[3]
  • glass[49]
  • glass paste[1]
  • gold[15]
  • grahamite[8]
  • green jasper[1]
  • gypsum[7]
  • hematite[7]
  • hemp string[1]
  • ivory[8]
  • jasper[6]
  • lapis lazuli[63]
  • lead[1]
  • limestone[23]
  • marble (stone)[8]
  • metal[2]
  • mother-of-pearl[5]
  • mud[1]
  • mussel[1]
  • obsidian[10]
  • paste[60]
  • pearl[1]
  • pigment[51]
  • porphyry[1]
  • quartz[16]
  • quartzite[1]
  • red jasper[3]
  • reed[1]
  • resin[1]
  • rock crystal[1]
  • rose quartz[1]
  • sandstone[1]
  • serpentine[1]
  • shale[1]
  • shell[1,202]
  • silver[7]
  • skin[2]
  • slate[1]
  • steatite[5]
  • stone[102]
  • terracotta[5]
  • turquoise[6]
  • wood[8]
  • carved[4]
  • drilled[1]
  • engraved[1]
  • glazed[4]
  • incised[9]
  • inlaid[7]
  • inscribed[2]
  • mosaic[1]
  • painted[9]
  • pierced[13]
  • polished[1]
  • worked[1]
  • yes[125]
near eastern
shell

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31-43-183

Amulet

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31-17-371

Raw Material

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53-11-327

Earring

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33-13-460

Cosmetic Container

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33-13-459

Cosmetic Container

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33-15-112

String of Beads

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93-4-25

Raw Material

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31-16-541B

Cosmetic Shell

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30-12-114

Cosmetic Shell

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29-108-782

Shell

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CG850205-8693

Sample

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B16999

Cosmetic Shell

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29-108-783

Shell

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61-14-2420

Shell

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53-11-328

Earring

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29-108-736

Shell

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33-21-264

String of Beads

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33-13-481

Bead

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63-5-275

Bead

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35-1-66A

Cosmetic Shell

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50-3-1646

Shell

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75-29-354

Boss

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69-21-12

Bead

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75-29-421

Object

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L-29-364A

Cylinder Seal

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31-52-307B

Bead

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2731

Beads

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29-108-709

Shell

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29-108-699

Shell

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29-108-702

Shell

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B17034

Cosmetic Shell

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31-16-542D

Cosmetic Shell

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