600-300 BCE
Long, thin, tubular beads of varicolored turquoise faience, strung together in modern times. Several beads have pieces of other beads attached to them. Individual beads between circa 0.7 and 1.5 cm long.
40 cm l. (15 3/4 in.)
Copper alloy
1st-3rd century CERomanCopper alloy
7th-8th centuryAvarMixed copper alloy
10th-8th century BCEIranianGold
19th centuryChineseTerracotta
Bronze
9th-7th century BCEIranianAmber or tortoise shell?
19th centuryBritishCopper alloy
7th-8th centuryAvarLead
GreekBronze
6th-4th century BCEIranian