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For related beads see no. 131, p. 120 in Simpson, Queen of Sheba.
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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
SIXTEEN SOUTH ARABIAN GOLD BEADS
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Including fifteen biconical beads with seven large granules encircling each end, and one pendant bead with a ribbed tubular suspension loop with similar granules encircling each end, a ribbed rectangular projection below, with a pyramid of granules on each side, and a large domed disk, ribbed on the sides, with a rounded border, terminating below in a single large sphere
Pendant bead: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm.) long
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Including fifteen biconical beads with seven large granules encircling each end, and one pendant bead with a ribbed tubular suspension loop with similar granules encircling each end, a ribbed rectangular projection below, with a pyramid of granules on each side, and a large domed disk, ribbed on the sides, with a rounded border, terminating below in a single large sphere
Pendant bead: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Private Collection, Ashdod, Israel, late 1980s.
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