Classical
Earring or spiral
Gold plated bronze. Diameter: 11/16 x 3/16 x 5/8 in. (1.8 x 0.5 x 1.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Materials
- MetalCopper and bronze, MetalGold
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 500 - 401 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Accession No.
74.51.3362
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3362, p. 388, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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