Gold Bead Necklace - image 1

Late Bronze Age I

Gold Bead Necklace

Fourteen gold beads from a necklace; eleven round examples hammered from sheet metal and soldered; three ribbed cylinders composed of plain gold wire spiralled into shape and soldered. Dimensions: Diameter: 0.40 millimetres round ; Length: 0.90 centimetres cylinders ; Weight: 1.95 grammes; Weight: 30 grains Object Type: necklace Techniques: hammered; soldered

Date

1650 - 1050 BC

Accession No.

1896,0201.266

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Episkopi-Bamboula