11573http://www165.123.244.137/subject/11573/Object TypeBeadsMuseumBritish MuseumTechniqueCarvedData collected by British Museum research team.TechniquePierced/Perforated/BoredData collected by British Museum research team.TechniquePolishedData collected by British Museum research team.Season Number07: 1928-1929Culture/PeriodEDIIIAMaterialCarnelianMaterialGoldMaterialLapis LazuliMaterialShellMaterialSilverAubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).U Number11744EDescription (Catalog Card)Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows.Description (Modern)Triple row of 439 very small beads; 83 lapis lazuli, 161 cornelian, 27 gold, and 168 shell beads with lapis lazuli and gold spacer-beads. All stone beads are carved, perforated, and polished.Data collected by British Museum research team.Description (Modern)String of Beads; 444 BeadsAubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Find Context (Catalog Card)PG 1054 CNW CornerMaterial (Catalog Card)Lapis lazuliMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)ShellMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)CarnelianMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)GoldMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Registration Number)1929,1017.275Museum Number (BM Big Number)122463Data collected by British Museum research team.Measurement (Length)220.00Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Measurement (Weight)8.20Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).