String of Beads

B16124

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B16124
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Nippur
Archaeology Area COFFIN 81
Section Near Eastern
Materials Paste | Stone
Description

Paste Ring; 4 Stones

CBS Register: necklace, short string. 17 ". Paste ring, 4 stones. coffin 81, 12/12/94 mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam (no 65b)

-2 broken in box; 167 beads strung. mostly shell. The "pendant" is also shell, with four lapis beads, and four biconical stone beads.

Credit Line Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896

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