Beads
| Object Number: | 33-3-4 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Iraq Tepe Gawra |
| Archaeology Area: | Level sub VIII |
| Locus: | Grave IV 5 J [12 N] Level sub VIII Levels VIII/IX (VIIIA-C, IX) |
| Period: | Gawra Sub VIII |
| Section: | Near Eastern |
| Materials: | Stone Shell Crystal (stone) |
| Length: | 103 cm |
| Credit Line: | American School Oriental Research / University Museum Expedition to Tepe Gawra, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1933 |
| Other Number: | G3-9 - Field No SF |
Description
approximately 350 beads. Minute black stone rings. Minute white shell rings. large white shell rings. 4 crystal rings.
Rothman: Loose burial; infant.
3-9-a, 202 white stone beads
3-9-b, 212 mother of pearl beads
3-9-c, 115 black stone beads
3-9-d, 4 quartz beads
Beads were found near the hips and above the chest of the skeleton
Bibliography:
| [Book] Rothman, Mitchell S. 2002. Tepe Gawra: the Evolution of a Small, Prehistoric Center in Northern Iraq.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. pg. xxii, 494 p. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 277 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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