43670http://www165.123.244.137/subject/43670/U Number10977DDescription (Catalog Card)Beads. Large bugles of agate with lapis balls between.Description (Archival)Neckalce. Red and White Agate. Six Strings of graded beads.Description according to CBS Register.Description (Modern)29 beads of alternating lapis and agate, starting and ending with lapis. The 15 lapis beads are all balls/ovals of various sizes. The 14 agate are all barrel shaped, one is biconical.Description from Aubrey Baadsguaard and Keeper of Near East Section. Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17048dMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)83-7-1.35Measurement (Length)381Measurement (Weight)23.7NotesWhen Woolley excavated the beads, he strung them according to how they were in the ground. Legrain later strung them as necklaces and gave them B numbers. Maude restrung them back into strings in 1983 resulting in the date number. Records recording these changes do not exist at this point. B and date are just guesses