Accession No

1929.513 B


Description

String of 10 carnelian and 4 shell beads. Carnelian bead shapes include truncated short convex bicone, cylinder, rounded tube, cylinder disc, and annular. The larger tube-shaped carnelian bead has white glazing on the external and internal surfaces. Shell bead shapes include 3 annular and 1 rounded cylinder disc.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Iraq; Ur


Period

Prehistoric ?Neolithic


Source

British Museum [donor]; Woolley, Leonard [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1929.513 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Carnelian; Shell


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Joint Expedition of the British Museum and the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania (1922-1934), excavated by Leonard Woolley. 

Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Field collection)
From the Royal Cemetery at Ur.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Analysis)
Entry on catalogue card in Horace Beck's hand reads: 'Some are probably Neolithic.'
Event Date 1929
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
B: String of carnelian beads from Ur - some are probably Neolithic
Event Date 1929
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
String of 10 carnelian and 4 shell beads. Carnelian bead shapes include truncated short convex bicone, cylinder, rounded tube, cylinder disc, and annular. The larger tube-shaped carnelian bead has white glazing on the external and internal surfaces. Shell bead shapes include 3 annular and 1 rounded cylinder disc.
Event Date 14/9/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


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