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The Lydian Treasure

BIONICAL PENDANT WITH ROSETTE TERMINAL



ELECTRUM

Height 2.1 cm.
Diameter 1.7 cm.
Weight 4.56 gr.

USAK MUSEUM


The squat biconical pendant is divided into ten convex lobes by intervening narrow flutes. Around its centre is a decorative band of granulation between two wires. Soldered to the bottom is a beaded circular plate to which is attached a four-petalled rosette. At the top is a larger beaded plate, to which is attached the suspension ring, which is decorated with two rows of granulation.




                       

This site prepared by Tayfun Kalyoncu on 28.02.1997 and last updated on 01.05.1999.
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