Necklace of assorted gold and carnelian beads, with gold terminals and carnelian pendant

Necklace of assorted gold and carnelian beads, with gold terminals and carnelian pendant

Description:


Length (a. (43 lements)): 10 in. (25.4 cm) pendant: 1 1/2 × 5/16 in. (3.8 × 0.8 cm) Diameter (largest carnelian pendant): 7/16 in. (1.2 cm) Diameter (smallest carnelian pendant): 3/16 in. (0.5 cm) Diameter (gold spacers laegest): 3/8 in. (1 cm) Diameter (gold spacers, smalest): 1/4 in. (0.6 cm) Diameter (average small gold beads): 1/8 in. (0.4 cm) Length (right clasp): 11/16 in. (1.8 cm) Length (left clasp): 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)

Period:

Classical

Date:

499 - 300 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3388, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3388a, b