Agora Object: J 287
Inventory Number:   J 287
Section Number:   ΒΖ 1953
Excavation Number:   martens:2014:f:65
Title:   Carnelian Beads
Category:   Jewelry & Gems
Description:   Seven carnelian beads of various sizes; all complete, some with minor chipping.
Roughly rounded, slightly flattened. Pierced through center.
Polished orange to dark red carnelian.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Water sieving of fill around head of AA 378 B in Mycenaean Chamber Tomb
Handling:   Fragile, handle with care.
Notebook Page:   10613
Dimensions:   Diam. (smallest) 0.005, (largest) 0.007
Material:   Semi-Precious
Chronology:   Mycenaean
Date:   4 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: 2016.04.0783
Image: 2019.03.0794
Deposit: J 1:11
Card: J 287