Necklace of assorted gold and carnelian beads, with gold terminals and carnelian pendant, Classical Cypriot jewelry

Classical

Necklace of assorted gold and carnelian beads, with gold terminals and carnelian pendant

Length (a. (43 lements)): 10 in. (25.4 cm) pendant: 1 1/2 × 5/16 in. (3.8 × 0.8 cm) Diameter (largest carnelian pendant): 7/16 in. (1.2 cm) Diameter (smallest carnelian pendant): 3/16 in. (0.5 cm) Diameter (gold spacers laegest): 3/8 in. (1 cm) Diameter (gold spacers, smalest): 1/4 in. (0.6 cm) Diameter (average small gold beads): 1/8 in. (0.4 cm) Length (right clasp): 11/16 in. (1.8 cm) Length (left clasp): 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

Date

499 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.3388a, b

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3388, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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