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LOT 1253

Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String

2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER

19 3/4 in. (23 grams, 50 cm long).

Restrung; composed primarily of shell and ceramic beads of various types, including decoratively ribbed examples. [No Reserve]

Provenance

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Literature

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.

Footnotes

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.

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LOT 1253

Western Asiatic Bead Necklace String

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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