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Gold roundel with stamped designs
Unknown Artist
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.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
c. 1600-1050 B.C.
Gold
2.9cm
74.51.3008
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