Reconstructed necklace
![A necklace made of stones, shells, and other materials with holes in them is laid out on a light background in serpentine fashion. The stones are mostly light-colored, some with white stripes. The shapes vary, from small disks to oblong and oval shapes. One end is finished with an unsymmetrical, large blue stone.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/necklace-stone-2/@@images/60ebdd93-0e10-458c-ad4c-e1bc0852c3c0.jpeg)
Reconstructed necklace
- Medium:
- Stone (including gypsum, lapis lazuli, and grahamite), shell, and vitreous materials
- Location:
- Tepe Hissar (modern Damghan), Iran
- Dimensions:
- Overall: L. 131 cm; Beads: Diam. max. 2 cm
- Date:
- Hissar IIIc Period, ca. 2200–1800 BCE
- Inventory Number:
- 33-22-168
- Lender:
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia
- Credit:
- Persian Expedition; Erich Schmidt, 1933