Bead

31-17-352E

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-17-352E
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Archaeology Area PG NW
Locus Found 7 1/2 to 8 m. below brick pavement dated ca. 3100 B.C. in the prehistoric settlement. P.G. N.W.
Period Prehistoric
Date Made ca. 3100 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Terracotta
Description

Includes decorated pottery; clay animal; seal impressions on clay jar stoppers; clay copies of shell bugle beads; bone tubular bead; copper needle, ect. 2014 Description: fragment of a cylindrical bead pierced through the length that tapers at the ends. There is an incised spiral around the circumference. The ceramic is buff.

Length 2.8 cm
Outside Diameter 0.9 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1931
Other Number U.12778 - Field No SF

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