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armlet(?); torc(?)

Object Type: armlet (?); torc (?)
Museum number: 124024
Title: Series: Oxus Treasure
Description: Fragmentary gold spiral fluted armlet or torc with lion-head's terminal.
Cultures/periods: Achaemenid
Production date: 5thC BC-4thC BC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Takht-i Kuwad (?)
Materials: gold
Dimensions: Length: 5 centimetres; Weight: 25.50 grammes; Width: 1.10 centimetres
Curator's comments: Possibly the pair of 124023.
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1964a / The treasure of the Oxus with other examples of early oriental metal-work (p. 35, cat. no. 122a) (not illustrated)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2006 Apr-Dec BM, G2/170 1995-2005 17 Nov-Aug BM, G52/IRAN/28a 1994 16 Jun-23 Dec, BM, G49/IRAN/28a 1989 Temporary display, BM, Room 35 (Hinton St Mary mosaic staircase) 1975-ca 1990 Jul- BM, Iranian Room [IR], OT case 1931-ca 1939 BM, Room 20: Persian Room 1923-1931 BM, King Edward VII Building: Franks Display 1900- BM, Gold Ornament Room
Subjects: mammal
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks; From: Capt Francis Charles Burton
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Maj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 124024
Registration number: 1897,1231.122.a
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: OT 122.A (catalogue no)
Conservation: Treatment: 01 Mar 1975; Treatment: 02 Jun 2006; Treatment: 02 Jun 2006