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The Lydian Treasure

Pair Of Bracelets



Gold


Preserved length 4.3 and 3.6 cm.
thickness of hoop 0.8 cm.
total weight 27.15 gr.

Usak Museum

The open hoop of the bracelet has a circular section, and is made of gold sheet with a filling of glass or glass paste. The hoop originally consisted of four sections (one of the central sections is missing) and the joins were covered with a ribbed band of sheet. Each end of the hoop is capped by a plain disk with a ribbed flange, to which is attached a wire ring. The bracelet was secured by means of a doubled chain of multiple loop-in-loop construction, with a loop at one end and a plain hemispherical toggle at the other.



                       

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