43649http://www165.123.244.137/subject/43649/U Number10977BDescription (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)23 beads, beginning and ending with lapis. Inbetween the lapis beads are alternating agate and carnelian beads. that is, L-A-L-C-L-A-L-C-L-A-L-C-L-A-L-C-L-A-L-C-L-A-L. All 12 lapis beads are squat biconical. The 6 agate are all barrel with slightly tappeDescription from Aubrey Baadsguaard and Keeper of Near East Section. Museum Number (UPM B-number)B17048bMuseum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)83-7-1.15Measurement (Length)370Measurement (Weight)27.3NotesWhen 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