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Twisted Metal Bracelet, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot jewelry
Twisted Metal Bracelet, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1650–1100 BC. British Museum, 1896,0201.60.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age I

Twisted Metal Bracelet

Bronze bracelet fastened with overlapping terminals of twisted metal spirals; made from a long strip of thin metal with a round section whose terminals taper to a fine point and which are coiled around the upper end of the opposite side; metal much corroded in places. Dimensions: Diameter: 9 centimetres Object Type: bracelet Techniques: hammered; twisted

Classification

Object type
Jewellery
Material
MetalCopper and bronze
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1650 - 1100 BC
Findspot
Episkopi-Bamboula

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Episkopi-Bamboula

Identifiers

Accession no.
1896,0201.60, British Museum · Museum record
Report entry
Episkopi-Bamboula, BM Tomb 101, no. 1Murray et al. 1900, p. 81

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