3rd Part

ANCIENT JEWELLERY EXHIBITED IN ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS MUSEUM

Neck Jewellery

Necklaces

 

Name:Necklace
Type:Gold, glass
Location where it came from:Giresun, Büyük Eyrice Village
Way of Coming:Grave find
Weight:23.65 gr
PeriodThe Roman Period

The ends of the chain consisting of eight-shaped rings hook directly to each other without any transition elements. The parts of the chain coming to the sides and front of the neck are enhanced with 30 wire pendulums connected to small rings placed with intervals. The places where the pendulums are attached to the rings are pulley shaped and there are green glass beads at their ends.

Name:Necklace with clipse
Type:Gold
Location where it came from:Keban, Ağın
Way of Coming:Exc. find
Dimensions::L:35.2cm
Weight:19.5 gr.
Period:The Roman Period

The differences are the wheel's being eight fingered here, and the chain rings' being cut from wide sheet and their forms' being round.

 

Name:Necklace with clips
Type:Altın
Location where it came from:İzmir
Way of Coming:Purchase
Dimensions::D: 1.7cm
Weight:1.6 gr.
Period:The Early Roman Period

It has the appearance of an eight fingered wheel made with filigree technique. The fingers of the wheel are connected to the hub in the middle. It can be used as necklace clips or as an ornament between long chains. The parts are soldered to each other. It is a kind that was liked in Roman Period.

 

Name:Necklace (with pandative)
Type:Gold and Karneol
Location where it came from:Çorum
Way of Coming:Purchase
Dimensions::L: 39 cm
Weight:15.85 gr.
Period:The 2nd century AD

The surfaces of cylindrical agate necklace elements are prismatic cut. The necklace is formed by twisting the thin golden wires passing through the plant motif rings to those rings and by repeating this system. It is closed with hook and ring made of thick round golden wire. The pandantive of the necklace is the ellipse shaped agate in golden frame. On the Agate "Apollo playing lyre" sitting towards right is represented. The pandantive is attached to the necklace rings with the flat, golden handle in it.

 

Name:Necklace elements
Type:Gold
Location where it came from:Uşak, Eşme
Way of Coming:Not known
Dimensions::H:3cm W:2.9 cm
Weight:1.83 gr
Period:The 2nd century AD

The edge of the part cut in a form of a heart with its lower part thin and long from a thin golden sheet is framed with filigree having grooved edge. There is a green glass bead in the oval slot in the middle. The upper side of a wide handle is vertically grooved.

 

Name:Necklace element
Type:Gold
Location where it came from:Sungurlu, Ekmekçi
Way of Coming:Purchase
Dimensions::L:4.8cm W:1.1-1.9 cm
Weight:2.65 gr
Period:The 2-3rd century AD

It is in a form of a flat pipe having a round profile. One of the covers at two ends is missing. It has three wide handles with their upper sides grooved.