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Bead necklace: ANE.29.1966

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

String of beads with rosettes and hare's head amulets, glazed, restrung

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1966) by British Museum and British School of Archaeology in Iraq

Dating

Jamdat Nasr
Circa -3200 - -2901

Components of the work

Bead composed of glazed steatite glazed frit amethyst limestone
String Length 0.685 m

Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.29.1966
Primary reference Number: 87638
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.29.1966
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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