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Item: |
Roman Bead Necklace |
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Date: |
c. 3rd - 4th Century CE |
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Historical Period: |
Late Roman Period |
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Description: |
Crystal, gemstone ,terracotta beads strung on string for display purposes |
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Location: |
Cyrenacia, LIBYA |
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Size: |
50 cm long |
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Provenance: |
Formerly the property of a private collector, London whose collection commenced in the early 1950's. |
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Item: |
Egyptian Mummy Terracotta Necklace |
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Date: |
664-332 BCE |
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Historical Period: |
Late Period |
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Description: |
Ribbed terracotta tubular beads strung on string for display purposes |
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Location: |
Faiyum, EGYPT |
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Size: |
73cm long |
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Provenance: |
Formerly the property of a private collector, London whose collection commenced in the early 1990's. |
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Item: |
Islamic Multicoloured Glass Bead Necklace |
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Date: |
12th-15th Century CE |
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Historical Period: |
Almohad Period (Late Medieval) |
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Description: |
Handmade glass beads with gold spacer beads, re-strung for display purposes. |
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Location: |
ALGERIA & MAURITANIA (NORTH AFRICA) |
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Size: |
56 cm long (overall necklace), 6mm to 25mm (beads) |
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Provenance: |
Formerly the property of a private collector, London. |
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Item: |
Ancient Egyptian Composite re-strung Bead and Scarab Amulet Necklace |
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Date (BEADS): |
c. 664- 353 BCE, Late Period |
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Date (PENDANT): |
c1786-1567 BCE , Second Intermediate Period |
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Historical Period: |
(see above) |
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Description: |
Composite necklace consisting of faience disk beads with pink-salmon coloured glazed seed spacers with 11 larger scarab beetle beads. The large pendant is in the form of a scarab with 2nd Intermediate Period style hieroglyphic style. |
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Location: |
EGYPT |
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Size: |
78.5cm long |
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Provenance: |
Formerly the property of a private collector, London whose collection commenced in the early 1950's. |
