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A child's diadem, found in one of the simpler graves at the cemetery of Ur,Mesopotamia. A small wooden coffin containing the bones of a very young child lay at the bottom of a shaft. The child was wearing the diadem around its head.
There are three gold disc ornaments; four concentric gold rings are inlaid with lapis lazuli and cornelian.  ANE, 122206
#03030112

A child's diadem, found in one of the simpler graves at the cemetery of Ur,Mesop...

Gold and silver horn-shaped drinking cup from Marash,Syria.
5th BCE. The vessel dates to the time of the Achemenid Empire of the 6th to 4th centuries,created by Cyrus the Great. It stretched from Egypt and the Aegean to Afghanistan and the Indus valley.
ANE 116411
#03030126

Gold and silver horn-shaped drinking cup from Marash,Syria. 5th BCE. The vessel...

Gold cup from Ur,Mesopotamia,southern Iraq, 2.600 - 2.400 BCE. Found on the floor of the pit of the Queen's grave alongside the sacrificial victims. There are no gold deposits in Mesopotamia, and the metal would probably have come from Iran or Anatolia. Manufactured in Mesopotamia.
ANE 121346
#03030146

Gold cup from Ur,Mesopotamia,southern Iraq, 2.600 - 2.400 BCE. Found on the floo...

Hunters or warriors on horseback.
Harness plate, silver, gilded (400-350 BCE).
From Letnica, Bulgaria.
#03030268

Hunters or warriors on horseback. Harness plate, silver, gilded (400-350 BCE)....

The Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working and is quite unique in form and design. It was labouriously beaten out of a single ingot of gold, then embellished with intense decoration of ribs and bosses to mimic multiple strings of beads amid folds of cloth. Perforations along the upper and lower edges indicate that it was once attached to a lining, perhaps of leather, which has decayed. The bronze strips may have served to strengthen the adornment further. It was found by workmen quarrying for stone, in Flintshire, North Wales, in an ancient burial mound in 1833. The mound lay in a field named Bryn yr Ellyllon (the Fairies' or Goblins' Hill). At the centre was a stone-lined grave with the crushed gold cape around the fragmentary remains of a skeleton. The cape would have been unsuitable for everyday wear because it would have severely restricted upper arm movement. Instead it would have served ceremonial roles, and may have denoted religious authority.
P&EE, 1836 9-2 1;P&EE, 1856 10-14 10;P&EE, 1857 12
#03030341

The Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest ex...

Gold hammer from a tomb of an excavation at Varna, Romania. Chalcolithic (also known as the copper age)
#03030352

Gold hammer from a tomb of an excavation at Varna, Romania. Chalcolithic (also k...

A pair of gold crescent earrings, Fatimid dynasty, from Syria, 11th. Decorated with fine filigree and granulation. The u-shaped central section consists of a row of eight bosses, decorated in gold granulation, a popular design among Fatimid goldsmiths. The earrings are hollow and contain a small piece of lead as a base for their delicate structure.
OA, 1925.5-12.2-3
#03040123

A pair of gold crescent earrings, Fatimid dynasty, from Syria, 11th. Decorated w...

Two jade bases for huqqa pipes. The main body of each bowl is green jade,encrusted with darker green jade. lapis lazuli and rubies. The bowls sit in tall three-footed mounts, made of green marble and ormulu. The were produced by a French artist in London, fleeing the French Revolution. It was common for Islamic objects to be set in European frames or mounts by their European owners.      OA 1956.7-24.1.a,b.
#03040124

Two jade bases for huqqa pipes. The main body of each bowl is green jade,encrust...

Gold plaques showing Artemis as "Mistress of the Animals", Greek, Orientalizing period, 660-620 BCE. The seven gold plaques are of sheet gold and were designed to be worn at the top edge of a garment with the rosettes pinned at the shoulders. The goddess tames wild animals at each hand. Pomegranates, a symbol of fertility, hang from the bottom of each plaque.       GR 1861.11-11.1,3
#030503 1

Gold plaques showing Artemis as "Mistress of the Animals", Greek, Orientalizing...

Coronet and earrings, gold.
Second half of the 4th BCE. Mounted on a terracotta head, equally of the 4th BCE.
#03050363

Coronet and earrings, gold. Second half of the 4th BCE. Mounted on a terracotta...

Earrings with garnets and pearls, 3rd century BCE.
H: 3,1 cm.
#03050364

Earrings with garnets and pearls, 3rd century BCE. H: 3,1 cm.

Etruscan gold ear-stud, from Etruria (Lazio),  Italy, 530-480 BCE. The patterns are made with fine gold wire (filigree) and minute gold granules. The ear-stud is set with contrasting
dark blue glass paste.
GR 1881.5-28.2
#03050368

Etruscan gold ear-stud, from Etruria (Lazio), Italy, 530-480 BCE. The patterns...