Necklaces
This category includes objects that hang freely from the neck.
Necklaces can be made of various material, from stones to metals. They are usually made of strings of beads, but can be metal torques. They are free falling from the neck and usually longer than 30 cm. Many of the necklaces have been restrung.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8147 | (none) | 1928,1009.129 | (none) | Necklace. 90 carnelian ring beads. 7 hematite ring beads. 12 silver beads, double conoids - 1 poppy head? lentoids and bugle beads. |
| 8264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 40 blue glazed ring beads. 1 lentoid carnelian. 1 double conoid gold bead. 1 rock crystal ring bead. |
| 8427 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace About 250 glazed frit beads originally yellow mostly bleached white |
| 8438 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace 47 beads Including 5 carnelians worked with a white pattern Found in following order: 13 lapis lazuli double conoids 2 lapis ribbed ball beads 1 carnelian worked bead 2 lapis ribbed ball beads 2 gold ribbed ball beads 2 lapis ribbed ball beads 1 carnelian worked bead 2 lapis ribbed ball 2 gold ribbed ball beads ETC [drawing 1:1, section and plan of carnelian] 5 carnelian beads with white line patterns worked upon them. Double conoid in section. Slightly convex faces. |
| 8439 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 29 beads in all 10 barrel carnelian, 4 silver double conoids the rest lapis double conoids. Found in ground in following order: 1 silver 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 hematite?? 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 large lapis 1 silver 3 lapis 1 carnelian 4 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian ETC Carnelian barrel beads, silver and lapis double conoids. |
| 8441 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 29 beads. Consisting of: 1 gold ring spacer (gold ring attached to a piece of gold foil bent so as to form six loops) 2 gold ball beads 1 gold barrel bead 1 gold bugle bead 5 barrel carnelians 1 double conoid carnelian 4 carnelian ring beads 6 lapis lazuli double conoids 8 small lapis beads [drawing] gold spacer (slightly enlarged) |
| 8446B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 178 beads Lapis double conoids, barrel beads and bugle beads Carnelian barrel beads 4 minute gold beads Originally these formed [A-C] 3 necklaces apparently worn round the neck one above the other. The bottom necklace consisted of the larger lapis beads, the necklace above of smaller lapis. The top string of lapis, carnelian and gold. Gold and carnelian were always next to one another, and between each gold and carnelian apparently 2 lapis. |
| 8446C | (none) | (none) | B16803 | 178 beads Lapis double conoids, barrel beads and bugle beads Carnelian barrel beads 4 minute gold beads Originally these formed [A-C] 3 necklaces apparently worn round the neck one above the other. The bottom necklace consisted of the larger lapis beads, the necklace above of smaller lapis. The top string of lapis, carnelian and gold. Gold and carnelian were always next to one another, and between each gold and carnelian apparently 2 lapis. |
| 8495 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Consisting of 8 gold foil ribbed triangles each perforated six times being spacers for a six stringed necklace 133 lapis lazuli double conoids 6 lapis spacers triangular and ribbed, to hold 3 strings, perforated 3 times. The beads were confused and it was difficult to be certain of the original order but the triangular gold spacers were arranged thus: [drawing] Top tier base downwards. Bottom tier base upwards. All the lapis beads were confused, but the big were grouped together and the small were grouped together. |
| 8702 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace 62 lapis lazuli beads 7 silver beads corroded together in 2 lots of 4 and 3 respectively |
| 8704 | (none) | 1928,1009.61 | (none) | Necklace Consisting of 111 lapis lazuli beads - double conoids 26 gold double conoids Apparently the gold beads were in the centre of the necklace, gold and lapis being alternated. |
| 8707 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace 236 lapis lazuli beads - mostly ball beads 1 ribbed gold ball bead |
| 8728 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 27 lapis lazuli beads. Double conoids and barrel. |
| 8748 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 30 beads. Original order. Silver and lapis alternating with an unusual[?] carnelian. Ball beads lentoids and double conoids. In the middle of the string a carnelian bugle bead and on either side of it a silver ball bead. Against one of the ball beads the cylinder seal U.8747. The cylinder seal and the long carnelian bead thus formed the centre pieces of the necklace. In the necklace a carnelian barrel bead worked with engraved white lines thus - [drawing] |
| 8761 | (none) | 1928,1009.91 | (none) | Necklace. 12 burnt lentoids, Lapis beads. 6 burnt double conoid lapis. 7 ribbed lapis ball beads. 7 double conoid carnelians. 1 carnelian shaped thus: [drawing]. The rest small carnelian and lapis ring ball and barrel beads - 25. Grand total 58. The lapis lentoids and carnelian double conoids were strung alternately in the middle of the necklace - at the back of the neck all the small lapis beads were strung together. |
| 8775 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 83 roughly shaped lapis ball beads. These formed a double string round the neck. Big beads and small beads evenly sized off. Each string symmetrical with the other. |
| 8785 | (none) | 1928,1009.97 | (none) | 144 paste? beads |
| 8794 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. About 18 gold beads, 18 lapis - ball beads, ring beads and a few double conoids. Gold and lapis strung alternately, ball beads between the double conoids. |
| 9008 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 42 lapis lazuli beads: blackened by fire. Double conoids, lantoids, roughly shaped ball beads, 1 large carnelian ring. |
| 9022 | (none) | 1928,1009.78 | (none) | Necklace Gold plated beads on a copper core, (double conoids), lapis lazuli double conoids and 1 long lapis lentoid |
| 9088 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Minute gold ball beads &minute carnelian barrel beads Original order: 3 gold beads to 1 carnelian. |
| 9089 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace About 85 beads Silver & lapis lozenge shaped beads, slightly convex: 1 banded sard, lapis barrel & double conoid, & carnelian of similar type. Also, 2 carnelian bugle beads For order of stringing cf. Field Note PG 544 (18) |
| 9094A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Necklaces A. Minute lapis ball beads. B. Minute silver ball beads Lapis necklace on top of silver. |
| 9094B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Necklaces A. Minute lapis ball beads. B. Minute silver ball beads Lapis necklace on top of silver. |
| 9201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Silver double conoids and carnelian ring beads alternately, also, a few carnelian beads. In the middle a banded sard. 38 beads in all |
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