Description (Archival): Necklace. Gold with Lapis and Carnelian1     
Description (Modern): 23 lapis and gold beads alternating. Begins and ends with lapis. The 12 lapis are all squat biconical. The 11 gold beads are all flattened lozenge shaped.2     
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B17053     
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 83-7-1.36     
Measurement (Length): 375     
Measurement (Weight): 23.7     
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. B and Date According to EMU     
[1] Description according to CBS Register.
[2] Description from Aubrey Baadsguaard and Keeper of Near East Section.

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