Accession No
1927.1152 A-D
Description
Bead; Shell; Fossilised Shell - Beads
A: One blue and grey stone bead, resembling a collar stud in shape. Late Helladic III type.
B: One blue and grey stone bead, conical.
C: Two dark blue stone beads, double-conical; a common type in Thessaly and Troy.
D: Two fossilised shells perforated as beads
Place
Europe; Greece; ?Peloponnisos; Peloponnesus
Period
Helladic Late III
Source
Ridgeway, William (Professor Sir); Wace, Alan John Bayard (Professor) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1927.1152 A-D; MAA: 1927.1152; 1927.1152 A; 1927.1152 B; 1927.1152 C; 1927.1152 D
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
'Catalogue card states: 'B and C probably correspond in date to A or are possibly a little earlier. Also written on catalogue card is: 'Labelled " (bought) at Athens, said to be from Peloponnesus. Bought by A.J.B.Wace 1908" but it is unclear if this refers just to D or to all suffixes, A-D.'
Collected by: Wace.A.J.B in 1908
Event Date 26/5/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Beads
A: One blue and grey stone bead, resembling a collar stud in shape. Late Helladic III type.
B: One blue and grey stone bead, conical.
C: Two dark blue stone beads, double-conical; a common type in Thessaly and Troy.
D: Two fossilised shells perforated as beads
Event Date 26/5/1992
Author: maa
FM:48991
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