Caption

Set of three beads, unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop; Early Jazira III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC; beads, tubular beads, jewellery; Al-Jazira Syria; Iraq; Mesopotamia; used in children's graves; Set of three different tubular beads: one a naturally broken from a snail shell, two b, c cut from the shell of an unidentified snail. Bead b has a rounded triangular cross-section; c. 2600–c. 2350 BC; Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin, Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria; decoration., A gray background with a few small cylindrical and tubular objects suspended against it; one object is white with faint brown spots and fine linear ridges, another is off-white with darker speckles and vertical grooves and a hollow end, and a third is a mottled gray-beige piece with a rough textured surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A05_435

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64.9Mb (3.0Mb) / 20.0in x 12.6in / 6000 x 3781 (300dpi)

Keywords

Set three beads unknown Northern Mesopotamian workshop Early Jazira III period ca 2600–ca 2350 Bc beads tubular beads jewellery Al-Jazira Syria Iraq Mesopotamia children's graves three different tubular beads naturally broken snail shell two b c cut shell snail Bead b rounded triangular cross-section c 2600–c Northern Mesopotamia Khabur basin Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria decoration gray background small cylindrical tubular objects suspended object white faint brown spots fine linear ridges another off-white darker speckles vertical grooves hollow third mottled gray-beige piece rough textured surface.