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Beads - 1975.11

Acquisition number: 1975.11

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1975.11/10 From area A. Small irregular bead of grey-white paste. Length 0.4cm; max. diam. 0.4cm; hole 0.1cm.
1975.11/8 From area A (cat.no. 60). Bone cylindrical bead. Length 1.6cm; diam. 0.7cm; hole 0.45cm.
1975.11/9 From area A (cat.no. 61). Flattened biconical bead of rough pale grey paste. Length 0.4cm; diam 0.9cm; hole 0.2cm.
1975.11/6 From area A. Flattened cylindrical bead of rough pale grey paste with two grooves on each face. Length 1.4cm; max. width 0.8cm; hole 0.15cm.
1975.11/7 From area A. Spherical bead of lapis lazuli. Diam. 0.09cm; hole 0.1cm.
1975.11/2 From area A. Spherical bead of grey -black stone. Length 1.5cm; diam. 0.8cm; hole 0.3cm. The hole is off-centre.
1975.11/3 From area A. Spherical bead of pale green-blue paste. Diam. 0.9cm; hole 0.1cm.
1975.11/4  From area A. Short cylindrical bead of grey stone. Length ca 0.1cm; diam. ca 0.3cm; hole 0.15cm.
1975.11/5 From area A. Flattened cylindrical bead of rough pale grey paste with two grooves on each face. Length 1.4cm; max. width 0.65cm; hole 0.15cm.
1975.11/1 From the threshold between A.iv and A.ix (cat.no. 86). Flattened spherical bead of white paste flecked with grey. Length 0.8cm; diam 0.9cm; hole 0.3cm.

The beads are typical of the Late Bronze Age in this area.

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Title: Beads - 1975.11

Acquisition number: 1975.11

Author or editor: J.R. Green

Culture or period: Late Bronze Age.

Date: 1400 - 1200 BC.

Object type: Button or Bead

Origin region or location: Jordan

Origin city: Amman.

Display case or on loan: 1

Keywords: Late Bronze Age Temple at Amman, Beads

J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U., Canberra, 1981, 12-13.

1975.11

Beads

The beads are typical of the Late Bronze Age in this area: compare for instance O. Tufnell et al., Lachish II, pll. 34-36, IV, pll. 27, 29 and 54.

J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U., Canberra, 1981, 12-13.