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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10815A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group A: Frontlet of large beads, lapis and silver with carnelian rings. B: Beads: lapis double conoids. C: Silver pin with lapis ball head, Type V. D: [D-E] 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings. |
| 10823A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group A. Necklace of gold and lapis lazuli double conoids and long carnelian facetted lentoids. B. [B and I] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. C. A lapis lazuli cylinder seal in 2 registers. Banquet scene. Above, four seated figures, 2 of whom are sucking from straws: below, shrine gate, a porter, 3 seated figures 2 of whom suck straws. The straws are placed in jars which stand upon a ring headed, others have perfect circles in place of a head. D. Silver pin with lapis ball head and gold leaf cap. Head broken from stem. Type V. E. Fluted silver beaker, sides compressed. F. Fragments of a silver ribbon head band. G. Rings forming a silver belt. H. Cockle shells containing paint. I. A Pair of large double lunate gold ear rings J. A gold ear ring in 2 1/2 coils |
| 10804A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group A. Few beads: lapis and carnelian. B. Copper pin with plain metal ball head, broken. C. [C and E] 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings. D. White shell cylinder seal much decayed: visible, a man with bird-like head and 2 fighting animals |
| 10801A | (none) | 1928,1010.291 | (none) | Tomb Group A. Beads : carnelian and lapis with good fly ornament : see Field notes B. Beads : lapis double conoids and a few silver C. Short lengths of thin gold ribbon each folded up into a little wad weights in grains, 16, 16, 21, 16, 16, 12, 11 1/2, 12 1/2, 7, 10, 10, D. Silver wire spiral coil ear-ring E. Plain silver wire bracelet |
| 10818A | (none) | (none) | B17590 | Tomb Group A. A few odd beads round neck; decayed silver double conoids, one or two carnelian rings. B. [B and F] Pair of cockle shells corroded together, containing black paint. C. Decayed copper pin, rectangular in section. Type III variant. D. Few decayed shell rings worn on breast, probably originally a belt. E. Fragments of silver earrings | |
| 8562C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three beads. Big facetted lentoids. (A) Lapis. (B) Gold (plated over core). (C) Lapis. Strung in this order to hold the whetstone U. 8563: see field notes. (with these beads are put 2 carnelian rings found by them and perhaps used as terminals). |
| 2934 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. Small lentoids of carnelian, rock crystal, granite, hematite, red jasper, sard, shell, copper, etc., with shell disc pendant. Together and re-strung arbitrarily. |
| 7693 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. Gold, carnelian and lapis. |
| 1639 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. (40) Restrung from loose beads. Carnelian rings and lentoids or bugles of carnelian, agate, onyx, etc. |
| 1641 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. (39) Mixed shapes in carnelian, rock crystal, lapis lazuli, etc., with central bead of lapis wound round with gold wire. |
| 1640 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. (36) Ball beads of carnelian and rock crystal with cat's eye center. |
| 9030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. About 20. Minute carnelian and lapis ring beads. A carnelian barrel bead - a lapis ball bead. |
| 8497 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads Worn over a silver diadem round the forehead. String consists of minute lapis ball beads and of oblong rectangular gold and lapis spacers. Gold and lapis spacers strung alternately with lapis and carnelian beads placed alternately between each spacer. Carnelian beads all minute ring beads. The silver diadem was entirely broken and destroyed. 6 gold spacers; 6 lapis lazuli spacers. |
| 9231 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads Lapis lozenges, 1 carnelian bugle and copper ball beads. |
| 9018 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads 19 in all Small lapis, gold and carnelian barrel beads, a few ring beads and 2 large copper beads. |
| 14016 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as 13593. [Type] XXXIX. |
| 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] | |
| 8007C | (none) | (none) | B17462 | Silver plaque in two parts. [A] A circular plaque diam 009, part of the edge broken away; in center, raised electrum boss surrounded by six silver bosses; round them a border of two double raised concentric bands with fine radial lines between; folded over this and sticking to it when found was a second piece of silver with copper backing apparently broken off from where the edge of the circle is missing; the shape of the whole object would look like an elaborate buckle thus [drawing]. [B] A copper pin 0075 long was corroded on the back [C] (as were many beads) but need not belong to it. The three are cataloged under the same number. |
| 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. |
| 12213 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Chain. Broken & decayed. Double link giving a square section, & 1 carnelian double conoid bead. Originally a frontlet. |
| 8306B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver chain [A]. Fragments of. Made with the same sort of crochet link as the gold chain U.8002, giving a square section: but this is thicker and heavier. In 6 fragments. It was almost certainly linked up (like U.8002) with a few beads [B] found with it - 3 large conoids, 2 lapis, 1 silver, and 3 carnelian rings and 1 sard bugle, strung alternately. These are cataloged with the chain. |
| 676A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Set of beads. (A) Large in very light-colored carnelian? =P252 [drawing] (B) String of mixed beads some paste and glass (most of the last broken) and shell center-pieces, with dotted ornament. =P52 [drawing 1:1] |
| 2683 | (none) | 1927,1003.201 | (none) | Seal cylinder. Carnelian. Time of Assyr influence about BC 700. [drawing] |
| 3256 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal cylinder. Carnelian. About BC 700. [drawing] |
| 18727 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Object of unbaked clay. flat oval base 013 x 008 rising with fairly vertical sides to a convex top in the middle of which is an oval depression: it might be an exaggerated copy of a plano-convex brick : total ht 007 In the middle of one side, in the top and close to the edge of the depression, is a large carnelian bead impressed in the clay: below this & to one side of it is a cowrie (?) shell of which the base only shows, making a sort of crescent. [drawing] |
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Agate - Chrysoprase - Jasper - Sard
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