Necklace

Necklace

Description:


center goldl plaque: 7/16 × 11/16 × 1/16 in. (1.1 × 1.7 × 0.2 cm) Diameter (largest carnelian bead): 3/8 in. (1 cm) Diameter (smallest carnelian bead): 1/4 in. (0.6 cm) Length (68 elements): 12 in. (30.5 cm) bull pendant: 7/16 × 1/4 × 11/16 in. (1.1 × 0.7 × 1.8 cm) largest gold bead: 5/8 × 5/16 in. (1.6 × 0.8 cm) Diameter (smallest gold bead): 3/16 in. (0.5 cm) clasp: 5/16 × 1/2 in. (0.8 × 1.3 cm)

Period:

Bronze Age

Date:

3900 BC - 100 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. VII, 3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3390, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3390