Reconstructed necklace of eyestones
![A reconstructed necklace of eyestones. The necklace is made out of glazed vitreous material and stone. Each eyestone is black with a golden yellow concentric circle around it.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/necklace-eyestones-2/@@images/e82677fc-2f88-423e-9b54-8a2cd0d9ceb8.jpeg)
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
Courtesy of Penn Museum