Object Number | 66-6-6 |
Current Location | On Loan |
Provenience | Northeast Aegean |
Period | Early Bronze Age |
Date Made | 2400 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Electrum | Gold |
Description | Four cones of coiled wire surrounded by double-wire hoop. Each pair of cones made of single wire. All of the wires of the cones and the hoop are twisted singly. Three cylinders of coiled wire are attached to top of hoop, one on top of the other, as spacers between three necklace strings from which hoop was suspended. Similar to Early Bronze Age jewelry of Troy, Lemnos (Poliochni), and Ur. |
Height | 3.2 cm |
Width | 2.1 cm |
Depth | 0.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Hesperia Art, 1966 |
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