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Leather straps, cord

Leather scabbard and chains [longest section 26 cm]
Dura Europos, Syria, Greko-Roman or Parthian period
©Yale University Art Gallery 1938.5999.1992

Ancient Edessa, Macedonia, Greece, 4th century BCE

“The gold vase-shaped pendant 228 on the only necklace found in Τ 32 was accompanied by a set of copper beads 229. They would have been strung on a leather cord, like the similarly shaped amulet 254 from Τ 40. The cylindrical gold beads formed a simple necklace of a type that was very popular in the second half of the 4th century BCE”

Source: New Treasures from Ancient Edessa, Anastasia Chrysostomou, https://www.academia.edu

The gold vase-shaped pendant [T 40]
Photo after Anastasia Chrysostomou

Chest ornament, female burial
Photo after D. Ignatiadou

Chest ornament, 525-500 BCE, Sindos, Thessaloniki, Greece
“The plaques feature double loops on the reverse probably for threading two parallel yarns”

D. Ignatiadou, The Sindos priestess, Princesses of the Mediterranean in the Dawn of History (N. Ch. Stambolides, M. Giannopoulou, eds), Cycladic Art Museum, Athens 2012
https://www.academia.edu