Beads
This category includes small objects pierced for hanging or stringing.
Beads are made of various materials from stones to metals to clay. They are also various sizes and styles. Most common forms are spheres, lentoids, and cylindrical.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8526 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold and lapis lazuli. Double conoids. Probably 2 strings confused. See field notes. |
| 8527 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads 16 gold spacer triangles formed of 2 minute beads with between them minute ring beads of lapis lazuli and carnelian [drawing] 1:1 |
| 8528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 15 gold ring spacers thus [drawing] 1:1 with between them small lapis and carnelian beads: for order see field notes. |
| 8539 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Medium-sized lapis. Double conoids and one diamond-shaped. 10 in all. |
| 8551 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads of glazed frit. Heavily ribbed balls. Discorloured: probably originally blue. |
| 8552 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large shell rings. |
| 8554 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large shell rings and a number of small shells pierced for stringing. |
| 8562A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three beads. Big facetted lentoids. (A) Lapis. (B) Gold (plated over core). (C) Lapis. Strung in this order to hold the whetstone U. 8563: see field notes. (with these beads are put 2 carnelian rings found by them and perhaps used as terminals). |
| 8562B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three beads. Big facetted lentoids. (A) Lapis. (B) Gold (plated over core). (C) Lapis. Strung in this order to hold the whetstone U. 8563: see field notes. (with these beds are put 2 carnelian rings found by them and perhaps used as terminals). |
| 8562C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three beads. Big facetted lentoids. (A) Lapis. (B) Gold (plated over core). (C) Lapis. Strung in this order to hold the whetstone U. 8563: see field notes. (with these beads are put 2 carnelian rings found by them and perhaps used as terminals). |
| 8568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold leaves and flowers from a necklace. 3 leaves thus [drawing] of thin gold with the stalk bent over to make a double spacer for beads, and 4 flower rosettes thus [drawing] with double loops behind for 2 strings which would keep them centred on the necklace: also, one similar flower with no loops behind. (see graves PG 313 and 319) |
| 8569 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold and lapis. Small squares with spirals engraved (on the 4 gold specimens) and in relief on the 9 lapis. Probably strung up with small single beads and perhaps with U.8567. (see also PG 313) |
| 8571 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 11 gold double conoids of different sizes and a quantity of similar lapis beads; 1 gold rectangular bead. All found loose in the soil, also, some mixed carnelian beads. |
| 8572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large. 3 carnelian and 8 lapis and 1 gold. |
| 8585 | (none) | (none) | B16820 | Gold beads etc. 14 flat disks and 19 balls, small and 1 large double conoid. With these a few small carnelian and lapis, amongst the former some diamonds laterally pierced. | |
| 8592 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Small lapis and carnelian balls Strung two of each alternately |
| 8602 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Very small lapis balls |
| 8603 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Lapis double conoids etc 1 long gold facetted lentoid 1 carnelian double conoid, large |
| 8613D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold chains etc. [A-B] Two sections of gold chain with crochet links . When found (A) passed through a curled gold earring (C) [drawing] With these, [D] two lapis facetted lentoid beads, 4 carnelian rings, and remains of a large silver-plated bead with horizontal ribbing - the latter wholly decayed. |
| 8614 | (none) | (none) | B16829 | Beads. 3 Gold squares 33 x 20mm 3 lapis diamonds [drawing] strung together. (v. field notes) and probably joined on to the cylinder seal U.8615. | |
| 8620 | (none) | 1928,1009.83 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian double conoids, and a few silver ditto, large. The silver much decayed. |
| 8621 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small lapis, with a few silver: strung together. |
| 8622 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Silver ring spacers with between them small beads of silver, lapis and carnelian The silver beads in very bad condition. Order thus [reference to drawing] see field notes. [drawing] |
| 8644 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Bugles of lapis (and hematite?). Silver beads and a few carnelian rings. For order see field notes. |
| 8647 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Small lapis lentoids, and one or two carnelian rings. |
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