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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]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureCf. 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.
FootnotesSimilar 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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