bulla and bulla-like pendants – overview

Necklace with amulets, the shield-shaped pendants dated to the 1st-4th century.

This necklace is from a private collection, it was re-strung, or even composed of elements from different necklaces most likely.
Overall length 43 cm.

Gold shield-shaped pendants (diam. 1.3 cm and 1.2 cm), the Lombard necropolis of Ponte del Rio in Spilamberto source >>

Hellenistic necklace with a bulla-like pendant
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Egypt 100-400, gold and glass
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Necklace with bulla and gold beads Date: 7th–5th Century B.C. Culture: Etruscan Medium: Gold

see also “Bulla for boys, lunula for girls” https://colorsandstones.eu/2020/11/26/bulla-for-boys-lunula-for-girls/

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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246005?rpp=90&pg=3&rndkey=20140901&ft=%2A&when=1000+B.C.-A.D.+1&what=Gold&pos=181	Eight bullea, six of which are decorated with an Apollo’s head, alternating with gold beads. https://www.photo.rmn.fr/archive/09-569530-2C6NU0KGR80E.html
https://www.photo.rmn.fr/archive/09-569532-2C6NU0KGR9SV.html
Three graves, three necklaces with bulla pendants. Bulgaria https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exhibits_in_the_regional_archaeological_museum,_Plovdiv_01.jpg… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duvanlii_golden_necklace.png… source: Figure 15.1 Gold necklace from Kukuva mogila near Duvanli, plovdiv… Download scientific diagram \| 1 Gold necklace from Kukuva mogila near Duvanli, plovdiv province. Middle of fifth century bce. National archaeological Museum, Sofia, inv. 6193, 6136. photo by Krasimir… researchgate.net	Necklace nr 1, the back side The string is made of alternating biconical beads and spherical pendants. From tombstone at Duvanli, Plovdiv; 6th-5th C BCE Thracian treasure, Bulgaria more >> http://bulgarianheritage.bulgariana.eu/jspui/handle/pub/420
Necklace nr 2 consists of 19 biconical beads and 17 spherical pendants decorated with floral ornaments (rosette), granulation & wires (twisted or beaded, can’t see); weighs 70 grams. Tombs at Duvanli, Plovdiv; third quarter of the 5th C BCE more >> http://bulgarianheritage.bulgariana.eu/jspui/handle/pub/407	Necklace nr 3 In “The gold jewelry from the Thracian necropolis of Duvanli (5 th century BC): the case of the Kukova mound” Milena Tonkova and Petia Penkova https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/2213…