essay
Third-millennium beads and pendants
Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 225-232
By: McDonald, Helen.
Abstract
McDonald describes the various types of beads, rings, pendants, and buttons found in the third-millenium BC levels at Tell Brak.. The items were made from frit/faience, gold, silver, copper/bronze, stone, shell, bone, clay, and bitumen. Three pendants were carved to form small figurines. Numerous figures that illustrate the various objects described can be found in eHRAF document number 43.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field Date
- 1976-1993 (14 field seasons)
- Coverage Date
- circa 4800-4100 BP(circa 2800 BC-2100 BC)
- Coverage Place
- Tell Brak, Syria
- Notes
- Helen McDonald
- For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates
- LCCN
- 00303945
- LCSH
- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities