artefact

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Object Type: artefact
Museum number: 1969,0401.137
Description: Gold wire with rectangular-section; hammered; bent double on itself; broken away from the stud/pin GR 1894,4-1.136.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Geometric; Cypro-Archaic
Production date: 1050 BC-475 BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus (?)
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus (historic), Site E, tomb 198
Materials: gold
Technique: hammered
Dimensions: Length: 1.60 centimetres
Curator's comments: The date of the object cannot be easily determined from the form alone, but it is presumably from the same period as the accompanying objects.
Bibliographic references: Laffineur et al. 1986 / Amathonte III. Testimonia 3. L'Orfèvrerie. Scarabées, scaraboïdes et cônes. La coupe en argent du British Museum (p. 57, no. 319)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: From: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Funder name: Funded by: Emma Tourner Turner (bequest)
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1969,0401.137

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