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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.60.42
Title
Small Bracelet
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
bracelet
Date
n.d.
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World
Culture
Unidentified culture
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147071

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Hammered
Dimensions
0.8 x 5.5 x 0.2 cm (5/16 x 2 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: XRF data from Artax 1
Alloy: Bronze
Alloying Elements: copper, tin
Other Elements: lead, iron, antimony
K. Eremin, January 2014

Technical Observations: The patina is a lumpy green and black mass with some tan accretions. It has flaked off in a few areas to reveal a black mineralized layer below. This object was made in one piece and was presumably hammered into shape from a lump or rod of metal. The surface is so heavily distorted by corrosion that it is hard to say much more. It is not clear whether the bend in the otherwise almost perfect circular shape of the object was intentional or due to damage.


Francesca G. Bewer (submitted 2012)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of W.C. Burriss Young
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.60.42
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums
This simple bracelet consists of a thin rod, circular in section, that widens into a flattened band for approximately one-third of its circumference (1). No decorations are visible.

NOTES:

1. For other simple copper alloy bracelets, which are very difficult to assign date or culture, see C. Johns, The Jewellery of Roman Britain: Celtic and Classical Traditions (London, 1996) 118-20.

Lisa M. Anderson

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

Verification Level

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