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boss
Object Type
boss
Museum number
1969,0401.78
Description
Glass boss.
Cultures/periods
Cypro-Archaic
Cypro-Classical
Hellenistic
Production date
750 BC-50 BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Amathus
, Site D', tomb 125
Materials
glass
Dimensions
Diameter:
1.20 centimetres
Curator's comments
Found unregistered in 1969 and assigned to Tomb 125 based on associated information and entries in the original field notebooks. The tomb is not mentioned in Excavations in Cyprus but it does not appear to have been formally allocated to the CM either, and neither institution is mentioned in the corresponding entry in the official copy of Myres' notebook which otherwise provides this information.
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
1969,0401.78