Description (Archival): Necklace. Five Strings of Gold and Lapis1     
Description (Modern): 53 alternating gold and lapis beads, beginning and ending with lapis. There are 25 lapis balls/ovals and two large incised lapis balls. There are 25 gold ball/ovals and one large incised gold ball.2     
Museum Number (UPM B-number): B17060d     
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 83-7-1.75     
Measurement (Length): 382     
Measurement (Weight): 50.2     
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 just a guess     
[1] Description according to CBS Register.
[2] Description from Aubrey Baadsguaard and Keeper of Near East Section.

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