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Mesopotamian Stone Beads from Sumer - Pair of Necklaces

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Mesopotamian Stone Beads from Sumer - Pair of Necklaces

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**First Time At Auction**

Southern Mesopotamia, Sumer, Jemdet Nasr period, ca. 3100 to 2900 BCE. Two lovely necklaces comprised of hundreds of hand-cut, hand-polished, and hand-drilled stone beads of beautiful slate grey and jet black hues. Attractive and wearable from the earliest peoples of southern Mesopotamia. Size: 25" L (63.5 cm) and 24" L (61 cm)

Provenance: private collection, Ventura County, California, USA; purchased in Oxford, England in 1985

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Condition

Beads date to the Bronze Age - some with small nicks and fissures. Modern stringing and gold tone clasp.

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Mesopotamian Stone Beads from Sumer - Pair of Necklaces

Name: Mesopotamian Stone Beads from Sumer - Pair of Necklaces
SKU: 57898108
Price: 500 USD
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