Necklace
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Provenienza:From a tomb in the Cittadella contrada, Serra Orlando (Morgantina), purchased 1911
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Data:3rd century BC
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Materiali:Gold, paste glass
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Dimensioni:lenght 41 cm, medallion diameter 17 mm, weight 9.84 g
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Collocazione:Syracuse, Museo Archeologico Regionale “Paolo Orsi”
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Inventario:inv. 32138
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The necklace, consisting of fifteen gold beads alternating with the same number of hard, stone-like beads, most likely made of paste glass, is closed with a disc-shaped medallion decorated in relief with a female face or with Eros'face, in a three-quarter view and surrounded by a herringbone pattern border.