18K gold overlay, with a matte finish. Pendant diameter 1 3/4 in.; chain
length 24 in. The design of our pendant is based on a detail from an
elaborate necklace created in Mesopotamia between the 17th and 16th
centuries B.C. The original necklace, now in the Museum's collection, is
composed of a double row of gold beads from which seven pendants
featuring deities are suspended. Our pendant is adapted from one that
shows a disk with rays emanating from the central boss, representing the
sun god, Shamash. Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers, was the heart of the ancient Near East. As early as
the 7th millennium B.C., these two rivers were major routes of travel
and communication as well as sources of irrigation. It was in this
region during the 4th millennium B.C. that urban civilization first
evolved. For the next five thousand years, southern Mesopotamia
sustained successive thriving cultures. The capital cities of the
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Seleucids, and Parthians all lay in
this fertile agricultural region.
$225.00
18k gold overlay
Dimensions: Pendant diameter 1 3/4 in.; chain length 24 in
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