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diadem
Object Type
diadem
Museum number
1889,0704.168
Description
Silver diadem in two pieces. It consists of a semi-circular band with an disc-shaped sheet pediment protruding up from the centre. The band's section is circular. The object 1889,0704.169 is also part of this diadem.
Cultures/periods
Middle Bronze Age
Production date
1850BC-1550BC
(Potentially El Argar B)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
El Argar
, Grave 51
Materials
silver
Dimensions
Width:
2.86 - 5.46 millimetres
(Fragment)
Diameter:
32.79 millimetres
(pediment)
Diameter:
190 millimetres
(total (with 1889,0704.169))
Diameter:
175 millimetres
Length:
96.15 millimetres
(Fragment)
Weight:
2.70 grammes
(Fragment)
Weight:
22.20 grammes
(total (with fragment))
Weight:
19.40 grammes
Thickness:
2.14 millimetres
(Fragment)
Thickness:
0.98 millimetres
Width:
84.88 millimetres
(maximum (with pediment))
Width:
2.66 millimetres
(minimum (terminal))
Curator's comments
Grave 51 is depicted in Siret and Siret (1890, Volume 2 Plates 42 and 43)
Bibliographic references
Siret & Siret 1890 / Las Primeras Edades del Metal en el Sudeste de España
(Plate 42, 43; Text p.192,193,199,480)
Schubart & Ulreich 1991 / Die Funde der südostspanischen Bronzezeit aus der Sammlung Siret
(Plate 6: Fig. 51 e; Text: p.72,73)
Raposo 2012 / The Prehistory of South-East Spain: The Siret Collection in the British Museum
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
H Siret
Acquisition date
1889
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1889,0704.168