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The '''Brooch''' from the 22nd–21st centuries BC is an accessory found in Karashamb, Armenia. It is included in the History Museum of Armenia collection under the number 2867-4.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://treasury.am/hy/%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%AE%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4-3|title=Brooch – Armenian Treasury|website=Armenian Treasury|language=hy-AM|accessdate=2017-02-13}}</ref>

== Description ==
In the center, the brooch has a reddish-brown agate pendant that is irregularly oval-shaped (7&nbsp;cm x 5&nbsp;cm). The pendant has a longitudinal hole centrally to be able to wear it on a chain. The accessory's both sides are lined with carnelian beads in the shape of a cone, alongside various forms of gold and other carnelian beads. The brooch ends with small hollow cone gold beads in four rows. A special preparation technique is noteworthy at the brooch's cylindrical two large hollow beads, which are created using applied arts enormous granule designs and beaded divisors.<ref name="ՀՊԹ">Հայացք բրոնզե դարից, Ալբոմ-կատալոգ, Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան, 2016, 160 էջ: A Glance from the Bronze Age. Yerevan, History Museum of Armenia, 2016, 160 pages</ref>

Inside the brooch, their unique type of bead has two divisions. These two, are circle decorated square borders, whose rows facing the surface are in the shape of a pyramid "runner spirals". In the center, the brooch beholds a pink gem. On the opposite side of the squares, there are 4 rows sealing 12 pipes, which allows the part of the string that holds the beads of the brooch to pass through.<ref name="ՀՊԹ"/>

== References ==
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== See also ==
* View from the Bronze Age, album-catalog, History Museum of Armenia, 2010
* Hasmik Israelian – Cults and Beliefs in the Late Bronze Age of Armenia, Yerevan, 1973



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