amulet

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Object Type
Museum number: 1894,1101.499
Description: Green glazed composition (faience) amuletic figure of a monkey, bound in a silver wire mount ; mould-made and covered with a blue-green glaze, mostly worn away; standing figure of a monkey on a low base; the mount consists of two wires of metal twisted around each other which bind the front, back and feet of the amulet, it is threaded through a perforation hole at the back of the figure, with a loop at the top for suspension.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic; Cypro-Classical
Production date: 750 BC-300 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus (?); Made in: Phoenicia (?)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Site D, tomb 184
Materials: glazed composition; silver
Technique: mould-made; glazed
Dimensions: Height: 4 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.499

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