brooch
- Museum number
- 1999,1207.465
- Description
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Gold brooch; crudely fashioned penannular hoop with creasing in the gold, especially at the terminals. The sharp pointed pin has a flat swaged loop that tapers at the back to the width of the shank; a small rectangular support or repair is soldered to the top of the loop and attached to this is a thin triangular sheet decorated with a lightly impressed geometric design.
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.20 centimetres
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Weight: 1.89 grammes
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Thickness: 0.20 centimetres (max)
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Width: 1.30 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G42/dc13)
- Condition
- Fair
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- This assemblage was acquired by the British Museum in 1999 with the assistance of the Art Fund (then National Art Collections Fund), the British Museum Friends and the Brooke Sewell Fund.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1999,1207.465
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1999,1207.18 (duplicate registration number)
