Classical
Gold-plated Bronze Hair Ornament
One of a pair of gold-plated bronze spirals probably used as a hair ornament, terminating in horned griffin heads, each attached by a collar decorated with a rosette on the front; both collars and rosettes partly inlaid with enamel. Dimensions: Height: 3.50 centimetres approx ; Weight: 200 grains Object Type: hair-ornament Techniques: gold-plated; inlaid
Classification
- Object type
- Jewellery
- Motif
- Sphinx and griffin
- Materials
- MetalCopper and bronze, MetalGold
- Period
- probablyIron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 475 - 400 BC
- Findspot
- Amathus
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