
Classical
Gold and copper alloy spiral
With rosettes on ends. Diam.: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Motif
- Rosette
- Materials
- MetalGold, MetalCopper and bronze
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 499 - 400 BC
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3348, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Identifiers
- Accession no.
- 74.51.3348, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- In catalogues
- Myres 1914, no. 3348
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