83-7-1.79
Description (Modern): | 25 alternating lapis and carnelian beads, starting and ending with lapis. The 13 lapis beads are all balls/ovals. There are 12 carnelian beads that are all barrel shaped and some are slightly biconical.1 |
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): | 83-7-1.79 |
Measurement (Length): | 374 |
Measurement (Weight): | 17.3 |
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. |