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Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace, Archaic II Cypriot jewelry
Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 600–400 BC. British Museum, 1896,0201.155.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Archaic II

Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace

Eighteen beads from a necklace strung together: ten rounded and one biconical carnelian bead; two rounded gold beads hammered from sheet metal (join clearly visible) with rings of gold wire soldered around the holes; five segmented gold cylinders made from strips of gold formed into shape and soldered at the edges. Dimensions: Length: 0.80 millimetres strung ; Weight: 2.89 grammes Object Type: necklace Techniques: perforated; hammered; soldered

Classification

Object type
Jewellery
Decoration
Granulation and filigree
Materials
StoneSemi-precious stone, MetalGold
Findspot
Kourion
Date
600 - 400 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1896,0201.155, British Museum · Museum record
Report entry
Kourion-Ayios Ermoyenis, BM Tomb 73, Tomb 73 (three chambers, not individually named), no. 22Tatton-Brown 2001, p. 113

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