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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String
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LOT 1345

Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER

16 1/2 in. (19.6 grams, 42 cm long).

Restrung designer necklace with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. [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 1345

Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace String

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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