plaque;
jewellery
- Museum number
- 1861,1111.2
- Description
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Seven gold plaques, each decorated with two female heads in relief, perhaps Astarte, in a window-like frame of granulation. The central plaque has a boss decorated with granulation, and five suspended beads; the other six plaques have four suspended beads.
- Production date
- 700BC-600BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 3 centimetres
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Length: 26 centimetres (total)
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Weight: 265 grains (total)
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Width: 2.70 centimetres (central plaque)
- Curator's comments
- Probably worn strung together across the top of a garment, fastened at the shoulders.
- Location
- On display (G13/dc1)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited
2014-2015, 13 Nov-13 Feb, Paris, Musee du Louvre, Rhodos: a Gate from and to the Eastern Mediterranean
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1861,1111.2
