Reconstructed necklace

Medium:

Stone (including carnelian, agate, and rock crystal), shell, and vitreous materials

Location:

Tomb 11, Shibaniba (modern Tell Billa), Iraq

Dimensions:

Overall: L. 36 cm; Beads: Diam. max. 1.7 cm

Date:

Middle Assyrian Period, ca. 1363–1000 BCE

Inventory Number:

31-51-53

Lender:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

Credit:

American School Oriental Research/University Museum Expedition to Tell Billa, Iraq; E. A. Speiser, 1931