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Three earrings, a pair and a single one, gold with banded agate [sardonyx “eye-stone], lapis lazuli, jasper and carnelian beads, L: 3.5 – 4 cm.
Ashur [Aššur], tomb 45, Middle Assyrian period, 14th – 13th century BCE

Pair of earrings from tomb 45 in Aššur (Harper 1995)
Single earring (third one), L: 3.5 cm. Gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian.
© Vorderasiatisches Museum – SMB, Berlin / Stefan Buchner https://icom.museum
from: Marten Stol, Women in the Ancient Near East
Single earring (third one) from tomb 45 in Aššur (Harper 1995)

Necklace from the Assyrian Tomb 45 at Ashur, ca. 1350–1200 BCE. Beads are made of lapis lazuli, carnelian, sardonyx and onyx. Gold spacers are inlaid with the “eye-stones”.
Photo and info Amy Gansell @amy_gansell

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