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JEWELRY: (top) bead made of rock crystal; (bottom left) gold leaf; (bottom right) lozenge-shaped bead made of gold with tubular center part for suspension


provenience:
Tell Agrab, Shara Temple (crystal bead);
Khafaje Houses Level II
(gold leaf and lozenge-shaped bead)
date:
Early Dynastic II (ca. 2,600 B.C.)




Find Numbers:

Museum:
Museum number:
Ag. 35:24 crystal bead Oriental Institute Museum A21459
Kh. III 1221 gold leaf Oriental Institute Museum A11565
Kh. III 1213 lozenge-shaped bead Oriental Institute Museum A11566



Created: December 14, 2004
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