Reconstructed necklace
![A reconstructed necklace made differently shaped beads of stone, agate, rock crystal, shell, and vitreous materials. The bead colors are a mixture of browns, red, dark red, ivory, orange, dark grey, and black.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ishtar-gate/objects/necklace-stone-3/@@images/aa6497c2-5ab1-46bf-bb93-fc0fcea39c53.jpeg)
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