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Necklace

1st Century AD (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold necklace strung with various beads. The main string includes small round gold beads, eye-beads in blue and white glazed composition, glass ball beads and possibly poppy or pomegranate beads, and two ivory beads, in the form of a fish and a trapezoid. There is also a small bronze pendant of possibly Ceres-Isis, coming off a small gold chain attached to the bottom bead, alongside two gold beads.

Off of this is another, smaller string incorporating similar beads, and also three further small bronze pendants: Harpocrates; a crowned Horus hawk; and a griffin.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold, strung with gold, glass, glazed composition, ivory and hung with bronze pendants
Brief description
Necklace, gold with beads and pendants in gold, glass, glazed composition, ivory and bronze, Egypt or Europe, Egypto-Roman, 1st Century AD
Physical description
Gold necklace strung with various beads. The main string includes small round gold beads, eye-beads in blue and white glazed composition, glass ball beads and possibly poppy or pomegranate beads, and two ivory beads, in the form of a fish and a trapezoid. There is also a small bronze pendant of possibly Ceres-Isis, coming off a small gold chain attached to the bottom bead, alongside two gold beads.

Off of this is another, smaller string incorporating similar beads, and also three further small bronze pendants: Harpocrates; a crowned Horus hawk; and a griffin.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
  • Depth: 1.2cm
  • As displayed diameter: 14.1cm
  • Ceres isis pendant height: 2cm
  • Harpocrates pendant height: 3cm
  • Hawk and griffin pendants height: 1.5cm
  • Gold beads diameter: 0.3cm
  • Ivory fish bead length: 2cm
  • Large eye bead diameter: 2cm
Style
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology
Object history
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street

This necklace came from Italy and was found in the 19th century in a roman tomb in Cumae (Campania).
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Semmola, Tommaso. Illustrazione Di Una Collana Egizia. 2nd Edn. (Naples, 1844).
  • Monumenti Inediti Di Antichità E Belle Arti, Raccolti E Dati in Luce Da Una Sociatà Archeologica. (Naples: Tipografia della Società Filomatica, 1820)
Collection
Accession number
4817-1901

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Record createdApril 12, 2005
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