Seleucia / Bead / Jet

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.03.4578
Object Name: Bead
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Seleucia) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Beads
Materials: Jet
Design Style: I.C.1.b
Pierced: 161
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Black (lammelar organic structure) probably Jet, but also possibly bone or ivory, burned.
Unit Grid Number: G6, Level III
Component/Room: Room 111
Area: Grave 242, cubicle 1 from sifting
Verbatim Provenance: Iraq
Verbatim Site: Seleucia
Production Site: 140
Countermark: 161
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.03.4578
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.03.4578/0000_03_4578

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Full citation: "Seleucia; Bead; Jet." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.03.4578/0000_03_4578. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 03, 2024.