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Summary
Necklace pendants and beads
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Artist
Babylonian
Title
Necklace pendants and beads
Object type
L. 42 in. (3.6 cm) D. of largest medallion 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm)
Description
English: Gold pendants and beads found in the so-called "Dilbat Hoard", bought in the beginning of the 20th century, and said to come from Tell al-Deylam (ancient Dilbat in Babylonia).
The two female figures probably represent the protective goddess called Lama; the disk is the symbol for the sun-god Shamash; the forked lightning is the symbol for Adad, the storm god ; the two disks with rosettes may be symbols of Ishtar, the planet Venus, goddess of love and war. The objects may have been worn by a priest or the cultic statue of a god. Description : https://www.metmuseum.org/pubs/journals/1/pdf/1512957.pdf.bannered.pdf
Date
ca. 18th-17th centuries B.C. (end of the Old Babylonian Period)
Medium
Gold.
Dimensions
L. 42 in. (3.6 cm) D. of largest medallion 1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm)
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