Description (Catalog Card): Beads: Glass paste. (1) circular yellow button beads with blue inlaid centres. (2) small yellow ring beads, (3) composite black and white tubular beads.2     
Find Context (Catalog Card): G.183 (=NB.78) A.H     
Material (Catalog Card): Paste4     
U Number: 16715B1     
Object Type: Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Miscellaneous Pieces >> Beads      
Museum: Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology      
Season Number: 09: 1930-1931      
Description (Modern): Bead [1947.2132 C1] - Yellow; Doughnut-shaped; circular section. Eye Bead [1947.2132 C2] - Yellow background, ivory cornea, black pupil: overlay of different coloured materials on face of bead; built up in layers of glass; blob of glass stuck on back to make hole for suspension; Yellow; Ivory; Black; Eye bead; circular outline; stepped oblong profile and section. Bead [1947.2132 C3] - Black and white bands; Spiral segmented cylinder; oblong profile; circular section.3     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Glass and Related Material >> Glass Paste      
[1] This field number has been given sub-letters because the beads are reported in more than one museum.
[2] Woolley's description
[3] Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
[4] Material as described by Woolley

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Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods 1962 Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:66 Page:142 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:66 Page:142 (none)
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