Description (Catalog Card): Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes).     
Find Context (Catalog Card): PG 1054 C3     
Material (Catalog Card): Lapis Lazuli4     
Material (Catalog Card): Carnelian4     
Material (Catalog Card): Gold4     
U Number: 11743P     
Object Type: Dress and Personal Ornaments >> Miscellaneous Pieces >> Beads      
Museum: University of Pennsylvania Museum      
Season Number: 07: 1928-1929      
Description (Modern): String of beads, possibly a necklace. 96 beads measuring 432mm in length. Made of lapis lazuli, carnelian, and gold. 36 Small Ovoid Lapis beads measuring 3x1x1. 11 Large Cylindrical Lapis beads measuring 7x1x1. 11 Small Cylindrical Lapis beads measuring 6x1x1. 25 Small Carnelian disc measuring 1x2x2. 9 Large Carnelian Disc measuring 1x3x3. 2 gold double conoids measuring 3x2x2. 2 Large Ovoid Lapis measuring 7x2x2. 1 Rectangular lapis measuring 7x4x2. 1     
Description (Modern): Strung in this order. 5 small ovoid lapis. 1 large cylindrical lapis. 2 small ovoid lapis. 1 large cylindrical lapis. 4 small ovoid lapis. 1 large cylindrical lapis. 3 small ovoid lapis. (1 small carnelian disc. 1 small lapis ovoid )x5. (1 large carnelian disc. 1 large lapis ovoid)x2. 1 large carnelian disc. 1 large lapis cylinder. 1 large carnelian disc. 1 gold double conoid. 1 large carnelian disc. (2 strands 1 small carnelian disc. 1 small lapis cylinder. 1 small carnelian disc) together through 1 rectangular lapis (2 strands 1 small carnelian disc. 1 small lapis cylinder. 1 small carnelian disc) together through 1 large carnelian disc. 1 gold double conoid. 1 large carnelian disc. 1 large cylindrical lapis. (1 large carnelian disc. 1 large lapis cylinder)x2 (1 small carnelian disc. 1 small lapis cylinder)x7. 2 small lapis ovoid. 1 large lapis cylinder. 4 small lapis ovoid. 1 large lapis cylinder. 4 small lapis ovoid. 1 large lapis cylinder. 2 small lapis ovoids. 1 large lapis cylinder. 5 small lapis ovoids. 1     
Description (Modern): String of Beads; 95 Beads2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Carnelian      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli      
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number): 30-12-639     
Measurement (Weight): 16.202     
Measurement (X): 442.002     
[1] Modern
[2] Aubrey Baadsgaard, “Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia” (PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2008).
[3] NW Corner
[4] Material as described by Woolley

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Media Media Title Title Label Author Omeka Label
Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery Ur Excavations II; The Royal Cemetery 1934 Woolley, Leonard (none)
Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia Trends, Traditions, and Transformations: Fashions in Dress in Early Dynastic Mesopotamia 2008 Baadsgaard, Aubrey (none)
Woolley's Catalog Cards Woolley's Catalog Cards Card -- BM ID:194 Box:50 Page:98 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:50 Page:98 (none)
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