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bead
Object Type
bead
Museum number
1880.3921.f
Description
Barrel bead made of shell (calcite) dyed green with a copper salt.
Production date
5thC (late)
(found with coins of this date)
Production place
Made in:
Afghanistan
(?)
Made in:
Mediterranean
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Charles Masson
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Hadda Stupa 10
Materials
cone shell
(?)
Technique
cut
drilled
dyed
Dimensions
Diameter:
6 millimetres
Length:
5 millimetres
Curator's comments
Found without documentation in relic deposits 'Box 1' with strings of beads India Museum nos.6, 15, 21 and 44, but similar dyed green shell beads occur with Hadda Stupa 10 material, see 1880.3962.f and 1880.3992.a.
Bibliographic references
Errington 2017a / Charles Masson and the Buddhist Sites of Afghanistan: Explorations, Excavations, Collections 1832-1835
(p.183, p.184, fig.280.4, p.222)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
India Museum
Acquisition date
1880
Department
Asia
Registration number
1880.3921.f
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
6
(India Museum no.)
Miscellaneous number:
IM.Metal &c.129 (?)
(British Museum no.: India Museum collection)