Bead
Object type: Bead
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Neo-Sumerian
Period: Ur III
Date: ca. 2112–2004 BCE
Medium: Carnelian
Dimensions: 1 3/16 × 3/8 × 3/8 in. (3 × 0.9 × 0.9 cm)
Classification: Stone-Ornaments-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession year: 1941