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CIRCA MID 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A SUMERIAN GOLD, LAPIS AND CARNELIAN NECKLACE
Circa Mid 3rd Millennium B.C.
Composed of nine large lapis lazuli melon-shaped beads, six gold fluted beads each formed of six folded sheet disks joined to a tube, with twisted wire rimming the suspension holes, eighteen carnelian biconical beads and six small gold truncated convex biconical beads
30 in. (76.2 cm) long
Circa Mid 3rd Millennium B.C.
Composed of nine large lapis lazuli melon-shaped beads, six gold fluted beads each formed of six folded sheet disks joined to a tube, with twisted wire rimming the suspension holes, eighteen carnelian biconical beads and six small gold truncated convex biconical beads
30 in. (76.2 cm) long