Gold and copper alloy spiral

Gold and copper alloy spiral

Description:

Worn in the upper lobe of the ear.


Diameter: 11/16 x 3/16 x 9/16 in. (1.7 x 0.5 x 1.4 cm)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

550 - 450 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3357, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3357