
Classical
Gold diadem
The diadem was made for funerary use. Other: 6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 399 - 300 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3291, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.3291, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 3291
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