7489http://www165.123.244.137/subject/7489/Object TypeBeadsMuseumBritish MuseumSeason Number05: 1926-1927MaterialCarnelianMaterialCopper AlloyMaterialGoldMaterialLapis LazuliAubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).U Number7963Description (Modern)BeadsDescription (Catalog Card)Beads. Mostly small ball beads of gold (thin leaf over copper), lapis, and a few carnelian (some rings). Apparently forming a single necklace, or two of the same pattern; one gold bead to every 1 or 2 stone according to size. Most of the gold beads were destroyed through the decay and swelling of the copper cores. One string containing the best gold beads made up for exhibition.Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)String of Beads; 54 BeadsAubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Find Context (Catalog Card)found under the skull TTE PG 35Material (Catalog Card)CarnelianMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)Copper AlloyMaterial as described by WoolleyMaterial (Catalog Card)GoldMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Big Number)120620Museum Number (BM Registration Number)1928,1009.103Data collected by British Museum research team.Measurement (Weight)4.75Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).Measurement (X)208.00Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).