pendant
- Museum number
- 1898,0616.2
- Description
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Copper alloy pendant: in the form of three concentric crescents with a serrated projection in the centre and a loop fastener at the top. May have been fixed to a blanket; said to be part of a grave group.
- Production date
- 11thC BC-7thC BC
- Dimensions
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Length: 4 centimetres
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Width: 3.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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In a burial at Mingechaur in Azerbaijan the corpse was covered with a cloth to which six pendants of this type had been attached. The significance of the form of this pendant is unknown.
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ICP-AES analysis:
leaded bronze (Ag 0.02%, As 0.17%, Au <0.007%, Bi <0.02%, Cd <0.005%, Co 0.005%, Cu 78.4%, Fe 0.157%, Mn <0.0009%, Ni 0.019%, P <0.04%, Pb 11.27%. S 0.06%, Sb 0.02%. Sn 8.64%, Zn <0.020%).
- Location
- On display (G52/dc3)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2006 7 Mar-11 Jun, Barcelona, Fundacion La Caixa, 'L'imperi Oblidat'
2005-2006 Sept-Jan, London, BM, 'Forgotten Empire'
- Acquisition date
- 1898
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1898,0616.2
