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LOT 0974
Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
9 1/2 in. (10.1 grams, 24 cm long).
Restrung; composed of beads of various shapes and shades of cream, light blue and grey. [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.163, lett.f, and 164, lett.b, for similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones and glass, included faience.
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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