arm-band
- Museum number
- 1872,0604.687
- Description
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Bronze spiral wire arm-band with ends divided and coiled. Wire with low plano-convex section(diam. 0.4cm), hammered to form 18 coils with decreasing diameter; ends split in two small spirals of thin wire with round section. One spiral missing from each end. Smooth green patina with some corrosion.
- Production date
- 1000BC-880BC
- Dimensions
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Length: 16.40 centimetres
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Weight: 118 grammes
- Curator's comments
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Originally, there were probably two spirals at each end.
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Sestieri & MacNamara 2007
See Pontecagnano 1992, 76ff., fig. 112.14, 15, tomb 3224. Type 37A1 (coils of even diameter, coiled ends). Phase IIA. Also Müller-Karpe 1959, pl. 68N.1 from Bologna, S. Vitale, tomb 730 (spiral bracelet with one wire coil at either end).
- Location
- On display (G71/dc2)
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1872,0604.687
