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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12077B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Silver Pin lapis ball head. (B) Beads: long lapis lentoids & silver, small lapis; and small lapis double conoids. (for stringing see Field Note) (C) Shell head of pin. Truncated cone shape, incised decoration. [drawing of head] |
| 12078A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Beads: lapis lazuli & silver double conoids. (B) Cockle shell; broken; containing paint. |
| 12085 | (none) | 1929,1017.296 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian & frit lentoids; and lapis amulet in shape of a fly. |
| 12111 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: 2 Carnelian bugles; 2 lapis bugles; 1 gold bugle; 1 fluted lapis ball bead; 1 carnelian ball; 1 lapis barrel. |
| 12154A | 30-12-592 | (none) | (none) | Beads. 2 strings. (A) Small lapis rings & diamonds; (B) Agate lentoids with gold caps carnelian, lapis, & gold balls. (for order see Field Note). | |
| 12154B | 30-12-592 | (none) | (none) | Beads. 2 strings. (A) Small lapis rings & diamonds; (B) Agate lentoids with gold caps carnelian, lapis, & gold balls. (for order see Field Note). |
| 12169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small lapis barrels, large lapis double conoids, carnelian ring beads & double conoids. Also 2 fluted barrel beads: faience. |
| 12187A | (none) | 1935,0113.1 | (none) | Necklace. 4 strings. (A) Lapis & gold balls, also flattened lapis conoids & bleached carnelian bugles. (B) Lapis lentoids, gold balls and gold & lapis flies. (C) Like A. (D) Gold & lapis bugles, also gold fluted balls. [drawing] |
| 12187B | 30-12-570 | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 4 strings. (A) Lapis & gold balls, also flattened lapis conoids & bleached carnelian bugles. (B) Lapis lentoids, gold balls and gold & lapis flies. (C) Like A. (D) Gold & lapis bugles, also gold fluted balls. [drawing] | |
| 12187C | (none) | 1929,1017.244 | (none) | Necklace. 4 strings. (A) Lapis & gold balls, also flattened lapis conoids & bleached carnelian bugles. (B) Lapis lentoids, gold balls and gold & lapis flies. (C) Like A. (D) Gold & lapis bugles, also gold fluted balls. [drawing] |
| 12187D | 30-12-570 | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 4 strings. (A) Lapis & gold balls, also flattened lapis conoids & bleached carnelian bugles. (B) Lapis lentoids, gold balls and gold & lapis flies. (C) Like A. (D) Gold & lapis bugles, also gold fluted balls. [drawing] |
| 12196A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Lapis beads. Large facetted lentoids. |
| 12196B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Lapis beads. Large facetted lentoids. |
| 12200 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids. |
| 12206 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings & lapis lentoids and ring beads: for stringing cf. Field Note. |
| 12216 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Glazed frit bugles, now bleached white: small. |
| 12237 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids & carnelian rings. [drawing on back of card, representation of excavation area]. |
| 12245 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small blue glazed ring beads forming a necklace. |
| 12255 | (none) | 1929,1017.401 | (none) | Lapis Lazuli Bead. Large facetted lentoid; part of a frontlet. |
| 12256H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Wreath of 16 gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian strings. [B] (2) Frontlet of gold, lentoid shaped, rosette decoration on long gold wire ties, looped one end, the other end consists of a carnelian ring bead the wire being coiled to prevent it from falling off. Frontlet is bent double. [C] (3) Gold coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. [D] (4) Gold coil earring. 1 1/2 coils. [E-F] (5) 2 gold chains. Double twisted links giving a square section. Strung with 1 gold facetted lentoid & 2 lapis ditto.with carnelian ring beads in between. [G] (6) Whetstone. [H] (7) Silver pin with lapis ball head & gold cap, straight, circular in section. [I] (8) Beads. Large carnelian bugles and small lapis double conoids & 1 jasper bugle; flattened carnelian double conoids & flattened rectangular lapis beads one with a rib down middle. [J] (9) Copper Axe. Type XIX. [K](10) Bowl. White calcite. [Type IX] [drawing] [L](11) Stone bowl. White calcite. [M] (12) Ostrich shell badly broken. Traces of red paint. [N] (13) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli 2 registers: above, banquet scene; below, men fighting crossed animals- -lions. |
| 12256I | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Wreath of 16 gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian strings. [B] (2) Frontlet of gold, lentoid shaped, rosette decoration on long gold wire ties, looped one end, the other end consists of a carnelian ring bead the wire being coiled to prevent it from falling off. Frontlet is bent double. [C] (3) Gold coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. [D] (4) Gold coil earring. 1 1/2 coils. [E-F] (5) 2 gold chains. Double twisted links giving a square section. Strung with 1 gold facetted lentoid & 2 lapis ditto.with carnelian ring beads in between. [G] (6) Whetstone. [H] (7) Silver pin with lapis ball head & gold cap, straight, circular in section. [I] (8) Beads. Large carnelian bugles and small lapis double conoids & 1 jasper bugle; flattened carnelian double conoids & flattened rectangular lapis beads one with a rib down middle. [J] (9) Copper Axe. Type XIX. [K](10) Bowl. White calcite. [Type IX] [drawing] [L](11) Stone bowl. White calcite. [M] (12) Ostrich shell badly broken. Traces of red paint. [N] (13) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli 2 registers: above, banquet scene; below, men fighting crossed animals- -lions. |
| 12257B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Silver wire spiral coil half-ring. [B] (2) Beads. Large number of silver & lapis double conoids. [C-D] (3) Two straight silver pins with lapis ball heads. |
| 12258R | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase; white calcite. [B] (2) Stone bowl. White calcite. [C] (3) Stone Bowl. white calcite. badly broken. [D] (4) Silver pin with lapis & gold head. [E] (5) Silver pin with lapis ball head. Straight type. [F] (6) Cylinder seal; lapis lazuli. 2 registers: banqueting scene. [G] (7) Bracelet, gold & lapis beads; flat gold 4 fold spacers with small lapis beads between. [H] (8) Bracelet. Gold & lapis beads. Flat square type with central rib; gold & lapis alternatively. [I] (9) Necklace of gold & lapis. [J] (10) Necklace of gold. [K] (11) Necklace of silver filigree pendants hung on a 2 row chain of blue lentoid bugles & carnelian rings & agate bugles & fluted gold balls. [L] (12) Necklace of gold filigree pendants on a 2 row chain of blue lentoid bugles and cernelian rings and against bugles and fluted gold balls. [M] (13) Necklace of blue & gold ball beads, gold wire-wound beads & very small glazed rings. All small. [N] (14) Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian beads. [O] (15)Gold ribbon. [P] (16) Gold earrings, large lunate type. [Q] (17) Gold wire spiral coil hair-rings. 2 1/2 coils. [R] (18) Lapis bead: Large romboid. [S-W] (19) Five gold finger rings. Made of fine strands of twisted gold wire. [X] (20) Silver comb. Forked type with rosettes. |
| 12259 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 1 large twisted gold wire bead double conoid. 2 Lapis lentoids, facetted. 2 Carnelian ring beads. |
| 12266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 2 large silver lentoids.; 2 large facetted lapis lazuli bugles; 1 large facetted carnelian double conoid, also fragment of a greenish steatite cylinder seal with horned deity. |
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