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Title

Necklace

Dating

1st to 3rd century C.E.

Accession Number

134628

Dimensions

Diameter: 3.50 - 4 centimetres (outer disks) (outer disks)
Diameter: 3.90 - 4.50 centimetres (central disk) (central disk)
Length: 4.00 - 4.50 centimetres (discs) (discs)
Length: 11 centimetres (chain) (chain)
Length: 35 centimetres (overall) (overall)
Weight: 75.70 grammes (weighed 25 October 1995) (weighed 25 October 1995)

Culture

Parȿaw (Parthian)

Collection

British Museum

Materials

Gold, Garnet, Turquoise

Object Type

Jewelry

"Gold necklace (?); three oval plaques; outer two have sockets in which are fixed loop-in-loop chains whose outer ends enter similar sockets with loops for attachment to clasp; central disc decorated with granulation and set with dull dark brown glass oval setting; outer ones with eagles repoussé in chests and eyes of which are stones, now ill-matched and ill-fitting; three are re-used beads and the fourth a round turquoise stone; V-shaped cuts at the back of each of the outer two plaques which have been subsequently filled with a dark grey resinous material."

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