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Mesopotamian Alabaster Lenticular Necklace Bead Group

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Roman Necklace Bead Group: 1st-3rd century AD. A restrung necklace of glass beads consisting of plain blue, black, white and yellow beads, some decorated with millefiori motifs or trailed eyes. 69 grams, 43cm (17"). Property of

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Roman Mixed Necklace Bead Group: 1st century AD and later. A mixed group of glass beads comprising: thirteen plain glass beads of blue, green and orange colour; fourteen red and orange decorated beads; one carnelian bead. 59 grams to

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Roman Necklace Bead Group: 1st-3rd century AD. A restrung necklace of glass beads consisting, some decorated with millefiori motifs or trailed eyes, with some hollow 'gold-in-glass' beads. 60 grams, 31cm (12 1/4"). Property of

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Roman Mixed Necklace Bead Group: 1st century AD and later. A mixed group of glass and stone beads comprising: seventeen plain glass beads of white, green blue and brown colour; one green melon bead; seven eye beads; one marble bead.

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Mesopotamian Alabaster Lenticular Necklace Bead Group

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Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Comprising a quantity of disc-shaped beads, each pierced for stringing. Cf. Golani, A., Jewelry from the Iron Age II Levant, Zurich, 2013, fig.30.3, for similar beads 53 grams total, 3-10 cm (1/8 - 3/8 in.).

UK gallery, early 2000s.

While slaves and the poorest people wore simple, functional clothes, the wealthiest classes of Mesopotamia could afford beautifully made jewellery. The royal tombs from Sumeria dating from around 2500 B.C. included an abundance of beaded necklaces, rings, bracelets for the wrist and ankles, stickpins, and other jewellery, made of gold and silver set with decorative gemstones such as deep blue lapis lazuli, red carnelian, white alabaster, and sparkling crystals. In the Lugale-Mythos the Alabaster is personified like a hero: ‘(And) the hero Alabaster, these heroes plundered the cities for him (= Asag)’. The hematite and the limestone/alabaster, two stones with a light and dark base colour, were used as aids in a divinatory ritual in which they were probably connected with the favourable and unfavourable answers to oracle inquiries. [No Reserve]