Pendant
Object Number:
66-6-6
Current Location:
Out on loan
Provenience:
Northeast Aegean
Period:
Early Bronze Age
Date Made:
2400 BC
Early Date:
-2400
Late Date:
-2400
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:
3.2cm
Width:
2.1cm
Depth:
0.7cm
Credit Line:
Purchased from Hesperia Art
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Classical Gallery: Aegean Bronze Age (1969 - 1975)
Classical Gallery: Aegean/Cretan (1975 - 2000)
Trojan Gold ( Jul 1966 - 1969)
Great Sites: Troy ( Jan 2009 - Jan 2009)
Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery ( Oct 2009 - Jun 2010)
Bibliography:
[Article] Bass, George F. 1970. "A Hoard of Trojan and Sumerian Jewelry". AJA. 74 : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 338, pl. 86, fig. 23
[Article] Bass, George F. 1966. "Troy and Ur: Gold Links Between Two Ancient Capitals". Expedition. 8 (4) : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 37
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