Reconstructed necklace of eyestones

Reconstructed necklace of eyestones

Medium:
Glazed vitreous materials
Location:
Nippur (modern Nuffar), Iraq
Dimensions:
Overall: L. 34 cm; Beads: Diam. max. 3.2 cm
Date:
Kassite or Neo-Babylonian Period, ca. 1595–539 BCE
Inventory Number:
85-48-67
Lender:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
Credit:
Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I–IV, 1888–1900