Description (Physical description)
Description 1967.169 [A-V]: 'Found, 20 strings of beads of mixed materials and shapes. Also found, a number of loose beads including two lapiz lazuli, one circular with lines radiating from the centre and one shaped like lotus seed pod.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Field collection)
This object was excavated by Max Mallowan either from the site of Chagar Bazar (excavated 1935-1937) or Tell Brak (excavated 1937-1938); however, it is not currently known which site it originates from.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (References)
Mallowan, M.E.L. (1947) 'Excavations at Brak and Chagar Bazar', Iraq, 9. pp. 1-259.
Event Date 1947
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Acquisition Details)
The Fitzwilliam Museum's allocation of material from Max Mallowan's Chagar Bazar and Tell Brak excavations in the late 1930s was never sent on to Cambridge, likely because of the outbreak of World War II, and was found in storage at the British Museum in 1966. It was then sent to the Fitzwilliam, who made a selection of objects and transferred the remaining material to MAA in 1967 (see Doc.530).
Event Date 1967
Author: Ikram Ghabriel

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1967.169 [A-V]: 'Beads, mainly Jemdet Nasr period. Mostly shell, bone or of various stones.'
Event Date 1967
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Also found, in a box of material from India, fifteen beads and some fragments with one label reading "1967.169" and two more labels reading "J.N.P. Room 24" and one of those also reading "F 1007". The J.N.P. may indicate that these beads come from Jericho, but they cannot be matched to any of the Jericho records at present. Jericho has been added to the place field just in case these beads have gone astray from the Jericho collection, but they are stored with the rest of the Syrian material belonging to this idno.
Event Date 23/7/2003
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Multiple strings of beads (1967.169 A-V) originally shared one record. Several were labelled F.1006 (1967.169 A-F), and several more were labelled F.1007 (1967.169 G-J). Mallowan notes that the beads were 'arbitrarily re-strung', and it is possible that they were subsequently re-strung again after their acquisition by the museum. The remaining strings of beads may be part of the same excavation group or may not be connected.
Event Date 21/7/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
15 beads including one faceted carnelian, one lapis lazuli, two quartz discs, four shell discs, faience and ceramic. One fragmentary.
Event Date 24/7/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe