Extremely Rare Ancient GRECO BACTRIAN AMAZONITE Beads

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Extremely Rare Ancient GRECO BACTRIAN AMAZONITE Beads Directions: Agustus-Collection Home | Guarantee & Return Policy | Store Policy | Shipping | Payment | Procedure | Guides | FAQs | About The Seller GENUINE ANCIENT GRECO BACTRIAN AMAZONITE BEAD STRAND ~ ca. 300 BC – 200 AD Afghanistan Item # : 40 0125 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Type of beads : Genuine ancient Greco Bactrian Amazonite beads Amount : One strand of 29 beads in various shapes and sizes Weight : ca. 44.15 grams Size : Assorted from approx. 4.65 mm to 10.6 mm diameter Length of strand : ca. 41 cm = 16.14 inches These beads are strung temporarily. The string used is new. This strand does not have a clasp and is not a ready to wear jewelry. Perforation / hole diameter : Assorted from ca. 1.5 to 3.25 mm Color : Assorted shades of turquoise Origin : sourced in Afghanistan Age: : ca. 300 BC to 200 AD Condition : These ancient beads are in excellent — pristine condition! There are no damages and no repairs. The beads are 100 % genuine and original as found. The patina is magnificent. The surface has some expected corrosions, weathering, wear, degradation and abrasions as a consequence of age and extended burial. Some minor original sedimentary dispositions remain on part of the surface. Remarks : These extremely rare museum quality ancient beads date to approx. 300 BC to 200 AD. The beads were excavated in Afghanistan (near the city of Balkh in Northern Afghanistan ) and originate from the Greco Bactrian period. Balkh is located in the North of Afghanistan which in the antiquity was called the city of Bactria . For a long period Bactria was one of the important ancient civilizations. � History : Bactria is an ancient country lying between the mountains of the Hindu Kush and the ancient Oxus River and dates to circa the late 3 rd to the early 1 st millennium B.C . Bactria was the Greek name for the area of Bactra (modern Balkh , Afghanistan ) In the 1 st millennium B.C. and later, Bactria was especially important from about 600 B.C., serving for much of the time as a meeting place not only for overland trade between East and West but also for the crosscurrents of religious and artistic ideas. Bactria ’s capital was Bactra, also called Bactra-Zariaspa (modern Balkh , Afghanistan ). Bactria was a fertile country, and a profusion of mounds and abandoned water channels testifies to its ancient prosperity. The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (or Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom ) covered the areas of Bactria , the easternmost area of the Hellenistic world, from 250 B.C. to 125 B.C. The expansion of the Greco-Bactrian Empire into northern India from 180 B.C. established the Indo-Greek Kingdom . Bibliography on Glass Beads - Stern, E. Marianne, and Birgit Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World 1600 BC – AD 50, Ernesto Wolf Collection. Gerd Hatje, Ostfildern, 1994, Germany . - Spaer, Maud, Ancient glass in the Israel Museum : beads and other small objects, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem , 2001. - Lois Sherr Dubin, The History of Beads – From � 30,000 B.C. to the Present, Thames and Hudson , London Don’t miss the opportunity to own a genuine piece of ancient history! All photos are taken from the action item. Our photographs have been enlarged to s... read more

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