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Object NameNecklace of Beads

Made FromFaience, carnelian

Date99 BCE-199 CE

Techniqueground and polished; cast and retouched

SizeCarnelian L: 1.5 cm; Knucklebone Diam: 8 mm

Accession Number74.7.8

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Iran, probably Amlash

Physical DescriptionBluish green faience (7), green faience (15), and carnelian beads (22), some chips, dark weathering adhering to surface of faience elements; carnelian ground and polished, faience elements are cast and retouched. Long convex biconical carnelians (22) separate eight pendant beads, twelve knucklebone beads, one short convex bicone bead with horizontal ribbed decoration and one glass mulberry bead. Pendants consists of three miniature vases with vertical ribs, one possibly Egyptian blue, but probably faience of deeper color, two badly worn grape cluster pendants flattened on backside, and three phallus pendants also flattened on back.
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