Title

Bead necklace, Early Dynastic (E.D.) III, c2900-2350BC. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Bead necklace, Early Dynastic (E.D.) III, c2900-2350BC. String of beads; lapis lazuli (various shapes), carnelian (various shapes), and two long double-barrel beads; two spherical sheet gold beads; three-and-a-half silver beads; one rock crystal bead; two carnelian with white inlay. Dimensions: length: 40 cm (estimated)//Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Date

2900 BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Reference

HRM19E78_347

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

94,4Mb (1,4Mb) / 17,6in x 20,8in / 5286 x 6240 (300dpi)

Keywords

city close up orange Middle East country color colour colourful crystal Middle Eastern necklace jewellery jewelry location century bead jewel gem image studio shot close-up gemstone Iraq Iraqi white background orange colour Ancient city 24th century BC 25th century BC 26th century BC 27th century BC 29th century BC 30th century BC carnelian Early Dynastic lapis lazuli Mesopotamia TGN object 28th century BC Unknown stone gold Kish Ashmolean Museum Tell Uhaymir Early Dynastic III Tell Uhaimir stone gold object