Necklaces
This category includes objects that hang freely from the neck.
Necklaces can be made of various material, from stones to metals. They are usually made of strings of beads, but can be metal torques. They are free falling from the neck and usually longer than 30 cm. Many of the necklaces have been restrung.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3170 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead necklace. Of glass, carnelian, frit, etc. |
| 3262 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Of carnelian, crystal, agate, one pebble and one amethyst; carnelian very roughly cut. In text: Neo-Babylonian period(5) in cat. |
| 3362 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead necklace. Mixed up gold, agate and carnelian. |
| 6100 | (none) | 1927,0527.134 | (none) | Bead necklace. Frit, glaze perished. |
| 6108 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bead necklace. Paste. |
| 6678A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Necklaces (A) Agate beads 45 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. (B) Amethyst and gold beads 66 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. (C) Carnelian beads 27 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. |
| 6678B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Necklaces (A) Agate beads 45 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. (B) Amethyst and gold beads 66 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. (C) Carnelian beads 27 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. |
| 6678C | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Necklaces (A) Agate beads 45 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. (B) Amethyst and gold beads 66 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. (C) Carnelian beads 27 in number. Arbitrarily re-strung. B. |
| 6796 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian beads. E. |
| 7099 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Containing cylinder seal of carnelian. Inscribed. Cylinder seal; lapis lazuli plain. 65 carnelian beads. On carnelian cylinder seal. Worship of a standing god by votary led by the hand. Standing god holds club? Introducing goddess may be Dim-tab-ba. Inscribed: Dim-tab-ba. Cf. U.7097, U.7098 and U.7100-U.7106. |
| 7502 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. White paste. Beads with indented edges. Discoids. Found loose and restrung. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7540 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Faience beads. Pinkish color. 58 in number. Late Kassite? |
| 7564A | (none) | 1928,1009.95 | (none) | [A-B] Two necklaces. Carnelian, frit, paste. Found loose in soil and arbitrarily re-strung. Both similar in type. Ribbed frit ring beads predominate. No mention of these beads in field notes (or in written account of site). |
| 7571 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Glass beads. Ring 37 and 1 lentoid. |
| 7572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, blue crystal, yellow and one lapis lazuli bead. 34 in all. Lentoids, ring beads, bugle beads and double conoids. Restrung in original order. Found with Phonecian black and blue glass bottle U7660 and with clay pot Type XXIX |
| 7573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 48 frit beads and frog amulet in frit. Lentoids, ring beads, conoids, ball and bangle beads. Arbitrarily strung. IIIrd Dyn of Ur. |
| 7619 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 113 beads. Mostly yellowish frit. 2 double conoid lapis lazuli, 1 double conoid carnelian and 1 carnelian ball bead. |
| 7642 | (none) | 1928,1009.94 | (none) | Necklace. 64 beads. Arbitrarily re-strung. Carnelian, amethyst and lapis lazuli. Carnelian, double conoid, bugle beads and ring beads: Amethyst: double conoid. Lapis: ring beads. |
| 7644 | (none) | 1928,1009.98 | (none) | Necklace. 12 double conoid carnelian beads. 5 double conoid silver beads. 1 dark green lentoid, basic diorite? All charred by fire. |
| 7944 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace 93 lapis lazuli double conoid 11 carnelian ring beads 1 carnelian bugle bead 2 lots of silver ball beads in groups of 4 and 3 |
| 8002 | (none) | 1928,1009.68 | (none) | Gold and lapis chain. A very fine chain of gold wire links. Six lengths of chain connecting 5 double conoid lapis beads. The chain is square in section. |
| 8116 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, lapis, & gold beads. 47 double conoid gold beads. 12 ribbed ball gold beads. 184 double conoid lapis lazuli. 14 lentoid carnelians. 1 double conoid agate bead. Strung apparently in the following order: 4 or 5? lapis. 4 or 5? gold. 4 or 5? lapis. 1 carnelian. 4 or 5 lapis. 4 or 5 gold. 1 carnelian. etc. In the middle the large double conoid agate bead. 1 gold ball bead with 4 or 3? gold conoid. |
| 8147 | (none) | 1928,1009.129 | (none) | Necklace. 90 carnelian ring beads. 7 hematite ring beads. 12 silver beads, double conoids - 1 poppy head? lentoids and bugle beads. |
| 8264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 40 blue glazed ring beads. 1 lentoid carnelian. 1 double conoid gold bead. 1 rock crystal ring bead. |
| 8427 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace About 250 glazed frit beads originally yellow mostly bleached white |
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