Reconstructed necklace of eyestones

Medium:

Glazed vitreous material and stone

Location:

Nippur (modern Nuffar), Iraq

Dimensions:

Overall: L. 76 cm; Beads: Diam. max. 4 cm

Date:

Kassite or Neo-Babylonian Period, ca. 1595–539 BCE

Inventory Number:

B16198

Lender:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

Credit:

Babylonian Expedition to Nippur I–IV, 1888–1900