Gold Foil Strip

Gold Foil Strip

Description:

Small oval strip of gold foil; hammered; pierced at rounded tapering ends; undecorated; one end missing through piercing; probably originally attached to a garment or accessory.


Dimensions: Length: 2.30 centimetres max ; Weight: 0.31 grammes; Width: 0.70 centimetres


Object Type: personal ornament


Techniques: pierced; hammered

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1550 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1969,0701.10