Agora Object: J 275
Inventory Number:   J 275
Section Number:   ΒΖ 1941
Excavation Number:   martens:2014:f:53
Title:   Carnelian Bead
Category:   Jewelry & Gems
Description:   Intact.
Rounded shape with slightly faceted sides. Pierced through center. Polished orange carnelian with dark red veins throughout.

For sequence amongst other beads, see BZ LIV, p. 10610, no. 25. Similar to J 274 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. 0005
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: 2016.04.0771
Image: 2016.04.0772
Image: 2019.03.0794
Deposit: J 1:11
Card: J 275