Description:

Ancient Near East, Sumeria, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. A collection of dozens of ancient red carnelian seed beads, white paste glass seed beads, and larger blue faience beads, on a modern stringing around an ancient rounded agate amulet. The carnelian beads are of a similar style to those found in the "Great Death Pit," the most spectacular of Ur's Royal Tombs, which contained six men (each armed and found near the entrance, interpreted to be guards) and sixty-eight women. Almost all of the women wore jewelry and headdresses adorned with silver, gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian - giving us an idea of how important these beads were in ancient Mesopotamia. Length of strand: 24.5" L (62.2 cm); size of amulet: 2.2" W x 1.25" H (5.6 cm x 3.2 cm)

Provenance: ex A. Shenas collection, Queens, New York, USA

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  • Condition: Light wear on bead surfaces commensurate with age, with some patina. Modern stringing and findings.

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