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Title
Necklace
Dating
1st century C.E.
Accession Number
134964
Dimensions
Length: 2 centimetres
Length: 1.40 centimetres
Length: 1.70 centimetres
Length: 48 centimetres
Weight: 15 grammes
Culture
Parȿaw (Parthian)
Collection
British Museum
Materials
Gold, Lapis
Object Type
Jewelry
"Necklace; a re-strung pastiche of 10 gold-glass beads, roughly spherical; 8 oval gold ornaments, each set with two tear-shaped garnets; 1 rectangular gold ornament set with 1 tear-shaped garnet; 4 ribbed gold beads; 47 small turquoise drawn glass beads; 1 small green drawn glass bead, and a large number of individual and fused small blue drawn glass beads."
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Copyright Status
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © The Trustees of the British Museum
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