83-7-1.58
Description (Modern): | 37 lapis and carnelian beads. The 28 lapis beads are all squat biconical. And the 9 carnelian are all barrel shaped, some of which are biconical. the pattern is simple, it begins with two lapis, then alternating carnelian with three lapis until the end,1 |
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 83-7-1.58 |
Measurement (Length): | 366 |
Measurement (Weight): | 23.3 |
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 from Aubrey Baadsguaard and Keeper of Near East Section. |