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String of Beads

Object Number:B15908
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Iraq
Nippur
Archaeology Area: Coffin 243
Section:Near Eastern
Materials:Stone
Paste
Silver
Credit Line:Babylonian Expedition to Nippur III, 1896

Description

CBS Register: necklace, single string. 16 1/4", 40 beads, clay bead for pendant. Mounted by Mrs. C.H. Dam (no. 25)

strung on fishing wire, not on string. Beads of paste, carnelian, two silver, one clay pendant in the shape of a bowl with two pierced handles--it connects to the necklaces via these pierced handles.

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