Beaded Necklace with Rhomboid Pendant, Sumerian, ca. late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.
Banded agate, carnelian, restrung with a modern 18 carat gold S-hook clasp
length: 57.7 cm; 22 3/4 in.
Provenance
Private Collection (New York), assembled late 1970s - early 1990s.
Literature
Comparandum:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Philadelphia obj. nos. 92-4-309, B9389 & 30-12-566