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Seven silver boat- or leech-shaped earrings, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot jewelry
Seven silver boat- or leech-shaped earrings, Late Bronze Age I Cypriot, c. 1650–1550 BC. Ashmolean Museum, AN1896-1908.C.399.a Other IDs: AN1896-1908 C.399.a (accession number (old format)).Image © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Late Bronze Age I

Seven silver boat- or leech-shaped earrings

Seven silver boat- or leech-shaped earrings Dimensions: 2.5cm approx. (length) Object Type: personal ornament > ear-ornament > ear-ring

Classification

Object type
Jewellery
Material
MetalSilver
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)Late Cypriot I
Date
1650 - 1550 BC
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Provenance

  • Larnaca, Larnaka, Larnaka-Laxia tou Riou (possible) (place of excavation)

Identifiers

Accession no.
AN1896-1908.C.399.a, Ashmolean Museum · Museum record
Accession number (old format)
AN1896-1908 C.399.a, Ashmolean Museum

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