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Silver Calves' Head Bracelet, Classical Cypriot jewelry
Silver Calves' Head Bracelet, Classical Cypriot, c. 500–400 BC. British Museum, 1896,0201.343.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Classical

Silver Calves' Head Bracelet

Small silver bracelet or armlet with overlapping ends terminating in calves' heads; plain hoops with circular section with the animal heads and their ears lying back along the hoop; traces of gilding between the ears; indications of V-shape hatching behind on of the heads. Dimensions: Diameter: 4.50 centimetres; Weight: 1167 grains pair Object Type: bracelet; armlet Techniques: gilded; beaten; incised

Classification

Object type
Jewellery
Motif
Bull and cattle
Material
MetalSilver
Findspot
Kourion
Date
500 - 400 BC

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1896,0201.343, British Museum · Museum record

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