A gold necklace discovered in Hepu Han Dynasty cemetery. 206 BCE-220 CE, now housed at the Hepu Han Dynasty Cultural Museum in China [2804×2304]
by Fuckoff555
A gold necklace discovered in Hepu Han Dynasty cemetery. 206 BCE-220 CE, now housed at the Hepu Han Dynasty Cultural Museum in China [2804×2304]
by Fuckoff555
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Interesting. The center beads resemble the mysterious Roman dodecahedrons.
Roman dodecahedrons here, too?
DODECAHEDRONS ! 😀
How would they have gotten it on and off? Is there a way to open it?
Do they make replicas for sale because I want it!?
It wouldn’t be surprising that the Roman Dodecahedrons would have eventually made their way east to China through trading. The use of the objects might have not been traded along with them however and simply seen as an interesting artifact. Given that the dodecahedrons were typically brass it is not a stretch to think they would be reproduced as a jewelry motif in gold.
so many interesting things going on here.. the gourd bead, the dodecahedrons, the asymmetry of the piece.. great findÂ
Somebody more knowledgeable than me figure out the timeline:
Is this artifact within the same time-frame as the Roman Dodechahedrons?