Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus
Gold-plated Ram Bracelet, Classical Cypriot jewelry
Gold-plated Ram Bracelet, Classical Cypriot, c. 475–400 BC. British Museum, 1896,0201.142.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Classical

Gold-plated Ram Bracelet

One of a pair of open-ended gold-plated bracelets or armlets with animal head terminals; hoop formed of a bronze or copper core with a burnished gold overlay; the ram's heads were made in two halves, probably die formed; some details has been chased and a ring-punch was used to delineate the fleece; the recessed eyes may originally have been enamelled; head is attached to the hoop of the bracelet with copper alloy rivets, possibly originally disguised under gold caps; the junction between the head and the collar is decorated with plain and beaded wires, with a frieze of simple sheet-gold tongues on the collar itself; faint soldering seams are visible in various places to demonstrate the assemblage of different parts. Dimensions: Diameter: 8.40 centimetres; Height: 7.20 centimetres; Weight: 108.10 grammes; Weight: 1669 grains Object Type: bracelet; armlet Techniques: gold-plated; soldered; chased; enamelled (?); riveted

Classification

Object type
Jewellery
Materials
MetalCopper and bronze, MetalGold
Period
probablyIron AgeCypro-Classical
Date
475 - 400 BC
Findspot
Kourion

Browse the catalogue by ware, shape, period and more →

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Kourion

Identifiers

Accession no.
1896,0201.142, British Museum · Museum record

Also recorded as

Corrections and additions

Do you know this object?

We are always looking for more of an object's history: who owned it, where it was sold or shown, and where it was published.

Missing from this record

  • No publication recorded

We would like to hear about

  • Earlier owners, sales or exhibitions
  • Publications that illustrate or mention it
  • Where it is now, if it has moved
  • Better photographs, or a close parallel
  • A mistake in what we say about it
Write to us

or alexis@ancientcyprus.com

Messages are read by us alone and kept confidential, unless the law requires otherwise. Tell us if you would like to be thanked by name on the page.

Similar pieces