Beads
This category includes small objects pierced for hanging or stringing.
Beads are made of various materials from stones to metals to clay. They are also various sizes and styles. Most common forms are spheres, lentoids, and cylindrical.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6258E | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) 1 black stone loom weight (B) 1 black flaked stone fragmentary (C) [C.1-.3] 3 fragments of solid copper from from 10mm to 20mm in thickness. (D) 1 square stone weight rounded at corners. (E-F) 2 broken crystal beads [drawing] |
| 6258F | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) 1 black stone loom weight (B) 1 black flaked stone fragmentary (C) [C.1-.3] 3 fragments of solid copper from from 10mm to 20mm in thickness. (D) 1 square stone weight rounded at corners. (E-F) 2 broken crystal beads [drawing] |
| 18929A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Beads: carnelian date-shaped and cylindrical, one of the latter with bleached spiral line and rings: lapis double conoids and paste ditto steatite tubular, chisel pendant, frog amulet, and quartzite flat truncated date-shaped. (B) Two hair-rings of thin gold wire, five spiral coils. Also [C] a copper pin, type 2a. [C] a copper pin, type 2a. |
| 18960A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Beads: small gold balls, small carnelian balls, lapis diamonds, crystal rings, paste balls, these restrung as far as possible in original order. There were also small silver balls too perised for stringing. (B) Gold earring, small lunate type (the silver part has perished). |
| 18965A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) beads; small gold balls, plain and ribbed, small carnelian balls, 2 carnelian date-shaped, 2 tubular and one flattened cone with belached design; one lapis ball. [drawing] (B) Gold earring, small lunate type. |
| 18268B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Copper bracelets [A and D]. A pair: penannular: solid metal with flattened papyrus ends. (B) Beads. 3 paste puzuzu heads, 4 blue and white eye disks, 2 paste scarabs, 2 paste hub beads, paste rings and tubes, large glass ball. (C) A bone scraper, thin and flat. |
| 19022C | 35-1-100C | (none) | (none) | (A) Gold fillet, as [drawing] (B) Gold frontlet, oval with pierced ends. Bad condition; (C) Beads: very long carnelian tubes, balls; lapis tube and double conoid; silver balls; balls of gilt copper; flattened carnelian(?) disk. |
| 18930E | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Gold hair-ribbon, spirally twisted, with hole at each end. (B) 2 earrings, gold lunate type intertwined with similar type in copper. [B.1 and .2] (C) copper finger ring, spirally wound wire. (D) two copper toe rings.[D and H] (E) beads: carnelian tube, large flat oval agate, gold balls and diamonds, gold ribbed balls , carnelian barrels and balls, carnelian double conoid, lapis double conoid and tubes, agate date-shaped: silver balls, (in original order). (F) copper reticule. (G) copper bowl, type 3. |
| 9935B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Silver earring with lunate ends. (B) Fragments of a silver charm: 1 - gold lentoid bead; 1 lapis ditto; 1 carnelian ring bead. |
| 16429DD | (none) | 1932,1008.59 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17690 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15245 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B15265 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17587 | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-16-600 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-402 | (none) | B18121 | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.356 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.364 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.366 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.368 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.561 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.562 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.563 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.564 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1933,1013.135 | (none) | (none) |
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