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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 cuffs of raised gold sheet. Decorated with gold wire tongues and a soldered-on motif of meandering S-spirals. The cuffs are fastened to the stone with metal pins. The center cuff originally had three stone inlays, but only one orange stone is preserved.

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