Agora Object: J 274
Inventory Number:   J 274
Section Number:   ΒΖ 1940
Excavation Number:   martens:2014:f:52
Title:   Carnelian Bead
Category:   Jewelry & Gems
Description:   Complete. Worn string hole.
Rounded shape, roughly cut. Pierced through, off-center. Flattened ends.
Polished orange carnelian.
For sequence amongst other beads, see nb. BZ LIV, p. 10610, no. 31. Similar to J 275 and J 277.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   At neck of skeleton AA 378 B in Mycenaean Chamber Tomb J 1:11.
Handling:   Fragile, handle with care.
Notebook Page:   10613
Dimensions:   Diam. 0.005; H. 0.004
Material:   Semi-Precious
Chronology:   Mycenaean LH IIIA
Date:   1 August 2014
Section:   ΒΖ
Grid:   J/17-1/7,8
Elevation:   50.784-50.808m.
Masl:   50.784-50.808m.
Deposit:   J 1:11
Lot:   Lot ΒΖ 2114
Basket:   martens:2014:b:79
Bibliography:   Hesperia 89 (2020), no. 29a, p. 614, fig. 18.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 89 (2020)
Image: 2016.04.0769
Image: 2016.04.0770
Image: 2019.03.0794
Deposit: J 1:11
Card: J 274