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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 calcite beads. Section: [drawing 1:1] |
| 8110B | (none) | 1928,1009.110 | (none) | 2 lapis lazuli beads. Large double conoids, facetted. [drawing 1:1] A & B |
| 14086 | 31-17-83 | (none) | (none) | 2 lapis lazuli beads: facetted double conoids. | |
| 14321 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 lentoid beads. Lapis lazuli. |
| 9704A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Strings of beads. (a) Long double conoid lapis beads; 1 carnelian ditto; 1 chrysoprase? [not legible] ditto; 4 tubular agate beads; silver ball beads. (for order of stringing see Field Note) (b) 12 gold tubular beads; 8 gold diamonds; 7 carnelian diamonds; 1 banded crystal tube; 9 lapis tubes; 4 carnelian tubes; decayed silver diamonds and double conoids. (for order see Field Notes) |
| 9704B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Strings of beads. (a) Long double conoid lapis beads; 1 carnelian ditto; 1 chrysoprase? [not legible] ditto; 4 tubular agate beads; silver ball beads. (for order of stringing see Field Note) (b) 12 gold tubular beads; 8 gold diamonds; 7 carnelian diamonds; 1 banded crystal tube; 9 lapis tubes; 4 carnelian tubes; decayed silver diamonds and double conoids. (for order see Field Notes) |
| 9590 | (none) | (none) | B17584 | 3 Beads 1 broken carnelian lentoid 1 silver double conoid 1 copper double conoid Lentoid carnelian in middle |
| 10532 | (none) | (none) | B16784 | 3 Beads 2 Lapis double conoids 1 carnelian lentoid carnelian between the 2 lapis | |
| 10171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Beads Glazed double conoids Strung round neck All broken. Majority had perished |
| 10189 | (none) | 1928,1010.681 | (none) | 3 Beads One steatite lentoid; 2 carnelian barrels |
| 9889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Beads Two carnelian ring beads, 1 lapis lentoid |
| 8781B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads. [A] 1 bugle gold. [B] 1 bugle lapis. [C] 1 double conoid lapis. |
| 8781C | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads. [A] 1 bugle gold. [B] 1 bugle lapis. [C] 1 double conoid lapis. |
| 8781A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads. [A] 1 bugle gold. [B] 1 bugle lapis. [C] 1 double conoid lapis. |
| 13548 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads. Two large lapis ovoids roughly shaped. One bitumen double conoid. [drawing 1:1] |
| 10947 | (none) | 1928,1010.103 | (none) | 3 Beads. 1 lapis diamond; 1 oblong agate; 1 flattened lapis lentoid. Found on the right shoulder of the queen with the calf amulet. U.10946. [drawing] |
| 11873 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Beads. 1 very long carnelian bugle. 1 equally long of wood & 1 (facetted) of lapis. |
| 8266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads. 2 carnelian double conoids. 1 _. |
| 11522 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Beads. Long double conoids, two lapis, one gold; probably from a frontlet though found by the throat. |
| 12721 | (none) | 1929,1017.495 | (none) | 3 beads. Worn round forehead. 2 carnelian bugles and 1 silver bugle - (silver plated on wood (?)). |
| 16382 | (none) | 1931,1010.230 | (none) | 3 beads: 2 jasper(?) double conoids; 1 facetted quartz lentoid. |
| 14075 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads; 2 lapis cylindrical; 1 silver double conoid. |
| 12039 | 30-12-607 | (none) | (none) | 3 Carnelian Beads. Double conoids. | |
| 7666 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 complete carnelian beads. 2 fragments. One small lentoid, the rest large bugle beads slightly convex in the middle. One of the 3 complete beads broken and mended. Neo-Babylonian. |
| 9211 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Facetted Lentoid Beads 2 lapis, 1 gold |
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