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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8084 | (none) | (none) | B16793 | Beads. Lapis lazuli. Medium-sized double conoids and some balls. | |
| 8097 | (none) | (none) | B16792 | Beads. Very long bugles, 1 gold, 2 lapis, 3 carnelian, one of the latter facetted, & 4 small silver & 3 small gold balls. For original order see field notes. | |
 | 8116 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Carnelian, lapis, & gold beads. 47 double conoid gold beads. 12 ribbed ball gold beads. 184 double conoid lapis lazuli. 14 lentoid carnelians. 1 double conoid agate bead. Strung apparently in the following order: 4 or 5? lapis. 4 or 5? gold. 4 or 5? lapis. 1 carnelian. 4 or 5 lapis. 4 or 5 gold. 1 carnelian. etc. In the middle the large double conoid agate bead. 1 gold ball bead with 4 or 3? gold conoid. |
| 8127 | (none) | (none) | B16795 | Necklace. 158 lapis lazuli double conoids. 51 gold double conoids. 1 double conoid facetted gold bead. [drawing] not to scale. Beads apparently strung in the following order. 3 small lapis. 1 large lapis. 3 small lapis. 2 gold beads. 3 small lapis. 1 large lapis. 3 small lapis. 2 gold beads. | |
| 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. |
| 8154 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis (& a few carnelian) from 2 parallel strings worn round the neck: see tomb notes. |
| 8162 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin with fluted ball head of lapis. Capped with gold. There is a hole through the top end of the shaft and affixed against one end of the hole is a small carnelian ring bead. It looks as if a string had been passed through the hole with a head at the end of it to prevent its slipping out; in that case, the pin must have acted as a true toggle. [Type] V. |
| 8164 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, carnelian and silver. About 180 in all. The lapis and carnelian are double conoids: some of the silver are the same, some are treble ball heads and some are imitation shells. Strung, silver lapis carnelian lapis silver. |
| 8172 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 7 carnelian, 6 lapis, and gold (4). The gold are seed-pods thus [drawing 1:1]. The carnelian similar but with no central rib, the lapis flat and rectangular and 2 bugles (this last may not belong to this string) : for order of threading see field notes. Found affixed to U.8171. The gold beads have a wooden tube down the middle, 2 leaves of gold being soldered (or cemented) together on either side of this: the string went through the wood. |
| 8177A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A: Carnelian lentoids. B: Small lapis balls with the carnelians is one longer with artificial white bands. For stringing see field notes. |
| 8201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis and silver with a few carnelian and some small glazed frit rings. |
| 8211 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A large number of lapis and carnelian beads, now all mixed together, but originally forming a number of separate strings for which see field notes. |
| 8214 | (none) | (none) | B16704 | Silver suspenders. A plain ring of silver wire from which hangs a spacer for 3 strings of beads: they appeared to hang from the head this way up, but two were found corroded together in opposite directions. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 8224.1 | (none) | (none) | B16809 | [.1-.2] Beads. Lapis and carnelian, mixed small types, ball, lentoid and bugle, and a few ribbed ball beads of gold. | |
| 8229 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold double conoids; lapis and carnelian (lapis double conoids, carnelian mostly rings and 1 big faceted lapis lentoid). |
| 8264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 40 blue glazed ring beads. 1 lentoid carnelian. 1 double conoid gold bead. 1 rock crystal ring bead. |
| 8266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads. 2 carnelian double conoids. 1 _. |
| 8267 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 49 in all - double conoid lapis and carnelian, 1 small silver ball bead, and a number of minute carnelian ring beads. Also 2 gold double conoids. |
| 8274A | (none) | 1928,1009.90 | (none) | [A-B] Necklace. About 250 beads, mostly small. 1 large faceted lapis lazuli. 18 double conoid lapis. 14 lentoid lapis. 18 bugle and double conoid carnelian. 4 or 5 minute gold beads. The rest small carnelian ring beads and lapis ring and ball beads, a few ribbed barrel lapis beads. Fragment of lapis inlay with incised concentric areas [drawing]. Arbitrarily made up into two strings . |
| 8274B | (none) | (none) | B16825 | [A-B] Necklace. About 250 beads, mostly small. 1 large faceted lapis lazuli. 18 double conoid lapis. 14 lentoid lapis. 18 bugle and double conoid carnelian. 4 or 5 minute gold beads. The rest small carnelian ring beads and lapis ring and ball beads, a few ribbed barrel lapis beads. Fragment of lapis inlay with incised concentric areas [drawing]. Arbitrarily made up into two strings . | |
| 8310 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. One carnelian, a few lapis, and a number of very small shell rings. |
| 8364 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A small set of mixed carnelian and lapis lazuli, all found together at the neck: see field notes. |
| 8375 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large. One carnelian, one ball lapis and 6 diamond-shaped flat lapis beads; all found close together except the ball bead which lay apart. (NB the last had a thread through it so was not a pin-head as suggested in the field notes) |
| 8376A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis bugles, small, and carnelian rings. These went to complete the triple collar with silver rings attached. See field notes item 8. |
| 8376B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large lapis and carnelian. Forming a separate string. See field notes item 8. |
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