Mainly 1st millennium BC. A mixed group of thirty-five gold beads and spacers comprising: repoussé, granulated, ribbed tubular, cotton-reel and ornamented biconical types. See The British Museum, museum numbers 1894,1101.164 and 1980,0201.51, 136817, for broadly comparable examples; see Maxwell-Hyslop, K.R., Western Asiatic Jewellery, c.3000-612 BC, London, 1971, for comparable examples. 7.99 grams total, 2-11mm (1/4"). Formerly in the collection of a deceased Japanese gentleman, 1970-2010. [35]