Gold Foil Strip

Gold Foil Strip

Description:

Strip of gold foil; parallel-side with tapered ends; hammered; one rounded the other missing; crushed and folded; undecorated; pierced at preserved end; probably originally attached to a garment or accessory.


Dimensions: Length: 3.40 centimetres; Weight: 0.34 grammes; Width: 0.70 centimetres


Object Type: personal ornament


Techniques: hammered; pierced

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1550 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.516