Description (Archival): Necklace. Nine strings of gold, lapis, Carnelian1     
Description (Modern): 37 lapis and carnelian beads. The 28 lapis beads are all balls/oval. And the 9 carnelian are all barrel-biconical, only one is purely barrel. the pattern is simple, it begins with two lapis, then alternating carnelian with three lapis until the end, whi2     
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B17058f     
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 83-7-1.32     
Measurement (Length): 380     
Measurement (Weight): 29.1     
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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