83-7-1.73
Description (Modern): | 31 beads with alternating lapis and agate, beginning and ending with lapis. The 16 lapis are all balls/ovals of various sizes, one of which is flat one side. The 15 agate are all barrel shaped, one of which is slightly biconical.1 |
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 83-7-1.73 |
Measurement (Length): | 383 |
Measurement (Weight): | 22.8 |
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. |