Agora Object: J 273
Inventory Number:   J 273
Section Number:   ΒΖ 1935
Excavation Number:   martens:2014:f:47
Title:   Round Glass-Paste Beads
Category:   Jewelry & Gems
Description:   Thirteen beads originally: five are complete and in fairly good condition, six are partially complete and two more have disintegrated (in 2 small bags stored with beads).
The surface of the beads is peeling and is very friable.
Rounded beads, pierced through center.
White to light cream-brown glass paste, some with iridescence.

Found with bronze wire fragments Β 2244.
Conservation Status:   Finished
Context:   Level 4 of southeast undercut of Mycenaean Chamber Tomb.
Handling:   Fragile, handle with care.
Stored in plastic box padded with ethafoam and acid free tissue.
Notebook Page:   10397
Dimensions:   Diam. 0.008-0.010
Material:   Glass
Chronology:   Mycenaean LH IIIA
Date:   29 July 2014
Section:   ΒΖ
Grid:   J/17-1/7
Elevation:   50.735-50.812m.
Masl:   50.735-50.812m.
Deposit:   J 1:11
Lot:   Lot ΒΖ 2111
Basket:   martens:2014:b:74
Bibliography:   Hesperia 89 (2020), no. 31a, pp. 612, 614.
References:   Publication: Hesperia 89 (2020)
Report: 2014 Excavations
Images (9)
Deposit: J 1:11
Card: J 273