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Pendant for a Chain

Date

2nd–1st century B.C.

Medium

Agate, dark stone, rock crystal and gold

Culture

Near Eastern (Parthian)

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

Pendant in the form of a "Kohl tube" with gold end cuffs and a gold cuff at the center with a double loop. The outer cuffs have end plates. Decorated with S-shaped scrolls and triangles of granulation. The edges of the cuff in the middle are decorated with twisted wire. The tube was re-used for a pendant.

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