ornament(?);
pendant(?)
- Museum number
- 1974,1201.344
- Description
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Gold pendant or ornament with four wire spirals. Two gold wires partly soldered together at the central plate leaving a opening between them for suspension. At the terminal of each wire is a large spiral.
- Production date
- 1600BC-1200BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 25.59 millimetres (spiral a)
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Diameter: 25.27 millimetres (spiral b)
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Diameter: 25.61 millimetres (spiral c)
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Diameter: 25.93 millimetres (spiral d)
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Length: 123.65 millimetres
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Weight: 30.30 grammes
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Thickness: 1.08 millimetres
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Width: 51.81 millimetres
- Location
- On display (G51/dc9)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1998 9 Feb-3 May, India, Mumbai, Sir Caswasjee Jahangir Hall, The Enduring Image
1997 13 Oct-1998 5 Jan, India, New Delhi, National Museum, The Enduring Image
- Condition
- There is small crack at the centre of the ornament along the soldered join.
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Acquisition notes
- Egger sale Sotheby's 25 June 1891
Lot 115
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1974,1201.344