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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
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1st millennium B.C. and later. Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.164, lett.b, for a similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, glass and shell. 19.6 grams, 42 cm long (16 1/2 in.).

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands. [No Reserve]
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String

Estimate £50 - £70
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Starting Price £5
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