ca. 1600-1050 B.C.
Cyprus
Object qualities
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Object
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumGold
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SizeDiam.: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
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Geography details
Cyprus -
Country today
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Dateca. 1600-1050 B.C.
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CultureCypriot
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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Made of hammered sheet metal, these gold roundels would have adorned a cloth or garment, probably a funerary shroud. Similar examples have been found in the Royal Shaft Graves at Mycenae and in Mycenaean tombs on the island of Rhodes.
