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Object Number:30-33-8A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Scythian
Provenience: Russia
Maikop
Kuban
Date Made: 499-400 BCE
Early Date: -499
Late Date: -400
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Gold
Iconography:Rosette
Length: 1.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from the Anderson Galleries (Canessa Estate Sale), subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1930

Description

One intact, the other complete but part of ornament broken off. A 6 petal rosette in sheet gold, the petals outlined, with a hook attached to reverse.

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Collection] Leskov, Aleksandr M. 2008. The Maikop Treasure.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 63-64, no. 81View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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