Carnelian
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
Carnelian is a clear to translucent reddish-brown variety of chalcedony. It may vary from a pale orange to an almost black coloration. It has a mohs hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in India and Siberia.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11521B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. Consisting (A) A gold frontlet, oval decorated edge with half-punctured dots, as also round the string-holes at each end: broken & parts missing. (B) Beads: a quantity of small lapis balls & a string of gold & carnelian bugles with lapis balls (see Field Notes) (C) A string-sealing of bitumen, a flattened ovoid. |
| 11535 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold, silver, carnelian & lapis. 4 large carnelian & 2 silver diamonds, the rest small balls, etc. See Field Notes. |
| 11558 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (beads) Wreath. Small gold ring pendants hanging from 3 rows of lapis & carnelian beads (See Field Notes) (NB most of the beads are in the mixed collection: than kept with the gold rings show the types to be used in re-stringing.) |
| 11559 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Pandants of gold, lapis & carnelian (with spacers) strung on rows of very small lapis, carnelian & gold beads (see Field Notes). (Most of the beads are in the mixed collection: those kept with the pendants show the type to be used in re-stringing). |
| 11560 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, gold, carnelian & shell forming a belt. (See Field Notes). NB = Most of the beads are in the mixed collection. Then put apart in a cigarette box an almost [illegible 3 word phrase] of the same belt.) |
| 11561 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small carnelian balls strung together (see Field Notes). |
| 11562 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold, lapis, carnelian & agate; the remainder of the beads from the grave. (See Field notes). |
| 11563 | (none) | 1929,1017.257 | (none) | Beads. Gold, carnelian and lapis. Found loose together near PG 1068 & abut 300mm higher up. |
| 11579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold balls, very small; silver balls, silver diamonds, agate lentoids. 1 long carnelian bugle; 1 large agate two-eyed pendant. |
| 11585 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long bugles of gold, lapis and carnelian (one of the latter with bleached pattern) and ball heads of the same materials: for order see Field Notes. |
| 11594 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Frontlet. With this, 3 beads (2 copper balls and 1 big carnelian bugle), 2 silver earrings with lunate ends, and a copper reticule. |
| 11702 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis & carnelian bugles & lentoids forming a bracelet. |
| 11717 | (none) | 1929,1017.246 | (none) | Beads. Silver lentoids & lapis & carnelian lentoids. Long slender gold double conoids & carnelian rings. (see Field Notes) |
| 11718 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids & 2 carnelians; also a pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings. |
| 11729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of lapis lentoids with 1 carnelian, 1 copper, & 1 silver bead. |
| 11742B | (none) | 1929,1017.240 | (none) | Beads. Frontlet. Small gold ring pendants [A] (13) string on 3 rows of beads [B]: between each pair one very small lapis bead, one carnelian tubular bead, one very small lapis bead. | |
| 11743B | (none) | 1929,1017.265 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743C | (none) | 1929,1017.266 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11744D | (none) | 1929,1017.260 | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11744E | (none) | 1929,1017.275 | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frontlet. Gold ring pendants (13) separated by carnelian rings & small lapis bugles. (see Field Notes). |
| 11780A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. All the mixed lot collected from the grave: see Field Notes. [B] Some human teeth. |
| 11807 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Long lentoids of gold, lapis & carnelian in sets of 4 (see Field Notes). |
| 11809A | (none) | 1929,1017.12 | (none) | [A-D] 4 Gold Frontlets. Each with 2 lengths of gold chain, 2 lapis & 1 gold lentoid beads, 2 carnelian rings. |
| 11836 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mostly lapis, some silver & 2 carnelian, with lapis spacer in form of 2 birds (or beetles)? |
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