Description (Archival): Necklace. Nine strings of gold, lapis, Carnelian1     
Description (Modern): 21 alternating lapis and carnelian beads, starting and ending with lapis. The 11 lapis beads are all squat biconical. The 10 carnelian beads are all barrel-biconical shaped.2     
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B17058d     
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 83-7-1.28     
Measurement (Length): 368     
Measurement (Weight): 31.3     
Notes: When 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.     
[1] Description according to CBS Register.
[2] Description from Aubrey Baadsguaard and Keeper of Near East Section.

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