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Source Description

This bead is made of sheet gold, rolled and soldered together, and decorated with filigree volutes with granules in the spirals. Smooth wire edges the cylinder.

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Document identity
localId
18831
label
Cylindrical Bead
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
18831
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cylindrical Bead
description
This bead is made of sheet gold, rolled and soldered together, and decorated with filigree volutes with granules in the spirals. Smooth wire edges the cylinder.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as part of the so-called ""Jugoslavian Treasure""]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
7th-6th century BCE
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
beads (pierced objects)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
0.5
height
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/16 x W: 5/16 in. (0.48 x 0.79 cm)
Source extras
med
gold
creator_ids
6291
collection_ids
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
7f50e03fa2170be1
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
41a134fcfdf914f4
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no