16710B

Description (Catalog Card): Beads: 401 in all. Jasper, quartz, lapis lazuli, carnelian, agate, cats eye, breccia, granite, amethyst, copper, and various mottled stones, reddish brown, grey, etc. 1 gold double conoid; order not know. Mostly lentoids. Also barrels, rings, double conoids, balls.3     
Find Context (Catalog Card): G.199 (=P.52) A.H Neo-Babylonian (?) Pot Grave     
Material (Catalog Card): Jasper4     
Material (Catalog Card): Quartz4     
Material (Catalog Card): Lapis lazuli4     
Material (Catalog Card): Stone4     
Material (Catalog Card): Agate4     
Material (Catalog Card): Amethyst4     
Material (Catalog Card): Breccia4     
Material (Catalog Card): Carnelian4     
Material (Catalog Card): Chrysoberyl4     
Material (Catalog Card): Copper Alloy4     
Material (Catalog Card): Gold4     
Material (Catalog Card): Granite4     
U Number: 16710B1     
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 B.1] - Red with bluish-grey streaks; Green, blotched; White and dark brown banded; Dark grey with white inclusions; Pale purple, translucent; Long ellipsoid barrel; circular or ellipsoidal section. Bead [1947.2132 B.2] - Dark reddish brown; Doughnut-shaped; circular section.2     
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Jasper      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Quartz      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Lapis Lazuli      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Agate      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Copper Alloy      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Metal >> Gold      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Quartz >> Amethyst      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Mineral >> Semi-precious >> Chalcedony >> Carnelian      
Material: Inorganic Remains >> Stones and Minerals >> Stone >> Igneous >> Granite      
[1] This field number has been given sub-letters because the beads are reported in more than one museum.
[2] Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
[3] Woolley's description
[4] Material as described by Woolley

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Location Context Title Context Description Description (Modern)
P/52 | AHG/199 Neo-Babylonian (?) Pot Grave (none)
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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:137 Card -- BM ID:194 Box:66 Page:137 (none)
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References

Woolley, L. and Mallowan, Max. (1962) Ur Excavations IX; The Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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