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bulla and bulla-like pendants – overview

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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
https://www.photo.rmn.fr

Egypt 100-400, gold and glass
https://asia.si.edu/object/LTS1985.1.175.1/

Necklace with bulla and gold beads Date: 7th–5th Century B.C. Culture: Etruscan Medium: Gold
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…

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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
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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		Zdjęcie
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…

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

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