Légende

Shell necklace or bracelet, unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop, jewellery, Early Jazira III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC, beads, bracelets, children’s graves, Engina mendicaria biol., Al-Jazira Syria; Iraq; Mesopotamia, Early Dynastic III period ca. 2600–ca. 2350 BC. Necklace or bracelet composed of 6 whole and 21 ground halves of Engina mendicaria shells. In the case of whole shells, the threading hole was made by grinding away the surface of the lower whorl of the shell on the opposite side of the hole. Now dull and heavily discolored, these shells originally had a shiny surface with a few diagonal brown stripes on a white or yellowish background. c. 2600–c. 2350 BC; Northern Mesopotamia Khabur Basin, Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria. Decoration; height 12 cm; width 1.6 cm., A circular arrangement of weathered shells suspended against a gray background, showing a group of small conical and rounded shells with rough, eroded surfaces and irregular holes; the shells display shades of off-white, beige, tan, brown, and gray with mottled patches of darker brown and some lighter cream highlights, and some thin translucent threads are visible linking a few shells.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A05_401

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62.3Mo (2.9Mo) / 47.0cm x 33.2cm / 5555 x 3918 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Shell necklace bracelet unknown northern Mesopotamian workshop jewellery Early Jazira III period ca 2600–ca 2350 Bc beads bracelets children’s graves Engina mendicaria biol Al-Jazira Syria Iraq Mesopotamia Early Dynastic III period ca Necklace bracelet composed 6 whole 21 ground halves Engina mendicaria shells case whole shells threading hole was grinding away surface lower whorl shell opposite side hole Now dull heavily discolored shells originally shiny surface diagonal brown stripes white yellowish background c 2600–c Northern Mesopotamia Khabur Basin Tell Rad Shakra northeastern Syria Decoration height 12 cm width 1.6 cm circular arrangement weathered shells suspended gray background showing group small conical rounded shells rough eroded surfaces irregular holes shells display shades off-white beige tan brown gray mottled patches darker brown lighter cream highlights thin translucent threads visible linking shells.