Semi-precious

The term “semi precious” is applied to a subset gemstones, and the term was created to set them apart from what are considered precious stones (diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds). Things like amber and lapis lazuli, which are not really stones at all are still considered “semi precious” by most people. This distinction reflects the rarity of the respective stones in ancient times, as well as their quality. all are translucent with fine color in their purest forms and very hard. This distinction is not related to their monetary value, i.e. some forms of garnet are more expensive than emeralds.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
12600	30-12-606	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Carnelian ring beads.
17085	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Carnelian double conoids, discoids.
12145	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Carnelian bugles & ring beads.
13028	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Carnelian beads. Rings and 1 lentoid.
6796	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Carnelian beads. E.
7037	(none)	(none)	B16381	Necklace. Carnelian beads 23 in all.
7643	(none)	(none)	B16814	Necklace. Blue paste beads. Arbitrarily restrung. Bugle and ring beads and 1 axe head spacer. Some of the beads have incised lines running round circumference.
12307	(none)	1930,1213.542	(none)	Necklace. Beads consisting of Lapis & silver balls.
6613A	(none)	(none)	B16389	Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E.
6614B	(none)	(none)	B16391	Necklace. Arbitrarily re-strung. 51 mixed beads. E.
17051	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. Amethyst [represented in drawing] four sided, lozange shaped in section carnelian. Double conoids and lentoids and diamonds. Silver ball beads. Glass paste rings, balls, discoids, barrels. Agate. Squares. Lapis lazuli flat lentoid with dragon (?) engraved amethyst scaraboid with fish (?) engraved. [drawing]
6676	(none)	1927,0527.307	(none)	Necklace. Agate and gold beads. 30 in number. Re-strung in original order.
8794	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. About 18 gold beads, 18 lapis - ball beads, ring beads and a few double conoids. Gold and lapis strung alternately, ball beads between the double conoids.
8775	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 83 roughly shaped lapis ball beads. These formed a double string round the neck. Big beads and small beads evenly sized off. Each string symmetrical with the other.
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.
9253	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 60-70 lapis lazuli beads - double conoids.
7945	(none)	(none)	B16808	Necklace. 6 lapis lazuli double conoids [drawing] (not to scale). 4 lapis double conoids -smaller type [drawing]. 6 carnelian double conoids. 2 carnelian ring beads.
12187A	(none)	1935,0113.1	(none)	Necklace. 4 strings. (A) Lapis & gold balls, also flattened lapis conoids & bleached carnelian bugles. (B) Lapis lentoids, gold balls and gold & lapis flies. (C) Like A. (D) Gold & lapis bugles, also gold fluted balls. [drawing]
12187B	30-12-570	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 4 strings. (A) Lapis & gold balls, also flattened lapis conoids & bleached carnelian bugles. (B) Lapis lentoids, gold balls and gold & lapis flies. (C) Like A. (D) Gold & lapis bugles, also gold fluted balls. [drawing]
12187C	(none)	1929,1017.244	(none)	Necklace. 4 strings. (A) Lapis & gold balls, also flattened lapis conoids & bleached carnelian bugles. (B) Lapis lentoids, gold balls and gold & lapis flies. (C) Like A. (D) Gold & lapis bugles, also gold fluted balls. [drawing]
14490A	31-17-135	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 4 long elliptical shaped shell beads & between them roughly cut hematite cylindrical beads, 14 in all. Restrung in exact original order: bead for bead: 1-shell, 2 hematite, 1 shell, 3 hematite, 1 shell, 4 hematite, 1 shell, 5 hematite. Shell beads are convex (slightly) on 1 side & slightly concave on the other.
16319	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 37 beads. Agate lentoids, carnelian balls, glazed frit double conoids, 1 lapis lazuli double conoid, 1 rectangular calcite bead, carnelian barrels, 1 gold double conoid with ridged ends.
8748	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 30 beads. Original order. Silver and lapis alternating with an unusual[?] carnelian. Ball beads lentoids and double conoids. In the middle of the string a carnelian bugle bead and on either side of it a silver ball bead. Against one of the ball beads the cylinder seal U.8747. The cylinder seal and the long carnelian bead thus formed the centre pieces of the necklace. In the necklace a carnelian barrel bead worked with engraved white lines thus - [drawing]
9825	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 3 strings of beads. For order see Field Notes. Gold ball, bugle, diamond beads; lapis bugle and ball beads; crystal ring beads and diamond beads; agate flattened double conoid with gold caps; carnelian diamond beads.
8728	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 27 lapis lazuli beads. Double conoids and barrel.