Context (References)
Oertel, F. O. (1908). ‘Buddhist Ruins at Sarnath Near Benares.’ Reprint from the Annual Report for 1904-5 of the Archaeological Survey of India. Calcutta.
Event Date 1908
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (Field collection)
Date: before 12th century, whether the date given is BC or AD is not specified. Excavated by Jean Philipe Vogel and Frederick O. Lechmere-Oertel, Archaeological Survey of India, 1904-1905. See Photographic Collection for excavation images.
Event Date 1930
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1930.1332 [A-C]: 'Box of beads and (?cl) - excavated from site. Before 12th century'
Event Date 1930
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1930.1332 [A-C]: '33 beads of various semi-precious stones and glass; 6 metal objects incl 2 ?nails and 2?brooches; 1 ?whetstone; 6 worked semi-precious stones ?beads in the making.'
Event Date 16/7/2001
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (Amendments / updates)
A laquered box from Sarnath (categorised as anthropological) had this idno as well as a Z number. It has been returned to the Z number to avoid confusion. It may be that the box mentioned in the Accession Register entry is this box since both beads and box have the same geographical origin and source (F.O. Lechmere Oertel). Numbers cross-referred in the database entry.
Event Date 10/9/2002
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Six pieces of stone, three worked into cylinders, one worked into a square, one in a tapered rectangular shape with one broken end. One worked tapered cylinder possibly of shell, incised with bands of geometric pattern around the top and the bottom.
Event Date 6/10/2023
Author: Emily Shorter