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Roundels
Near Eastern, Anatolian
Bronze Age
about 2400 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter (max): 51-53 mm.
Credit Line
Centennial purchase with funds donated by Landon T. Clay
Accession Number68.116.1-23
CollectionsJewelry, Asia, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionTwenty-three large roundels, with soldered loop at top for suspension, decorated with concentric circles aroung a central boss and edged with a row of dots punched from behind. Cut from sheet gold. These ornaments appear to have formed the burial jewelry of a high-born woman, not unlike the gold treasures found by Heinrich Schliemann at Troy in 1878. Certain Egyptian motifs suggest commerce and sea ties between Egypt and coastal Asia Minor in the mid-third millennium BC.
Provenance1968, sold by George Zacos (dealer), Basel, Switzerland, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 10, 1968)