PEARL Tubular shape, pierced through and through, the ends covered with a gold plate. Agate and gold. Traces of oxidation. L. 32 mm Mesopotamia, Sumer, 3rd millennium BC Published in LIGABUE, G., ROSSI O., Sulla via delle oasi, PD 2007, p. 202 A Sumerian agate tubular bead pierced lenghtwise, the ends covered with gold disc. 3rd Millennium B.C.E. Published in: LIGABUE, G., ROSSI O., Sulla via delle oasi, PD 2007, p. 202 Provenance Rassla Foundation, Zurich