• latw-193-1
    Objects, probably from destroyed tumulus at Gökçeler (Photograph by Christopher Roosevelt)

    Silver bracelet

    Date
    Probably early fifth century BC, Late Lydian (Persian)
    Museum
    Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4613
    Museum Inventory No.
    4613
    Material
    Silver
    Object Type
    Metalwork, Jewelry and Ornaments
    Metalwork Type
    Jewelry
    Site
    Gökçeler?
    Description
    Silver bracelet with open ends terminating in calves’ heads facing one another. Diameter 0.061 m, thickness of ring 0.004 m.
    Comments
    Similar to No. 192 and forming a pair with it.
    See Also
    Baughan, “Lydian Burial Customs”.
    Bibliography
    Özkan 1991, 132, no. 5; Dedeoğlu 2003, 67, fig.; Roosevelt 2003, 556, 673; Roosevelt 2009, 241-2; forthcoming study by C.H. Roosevelt.
    Author
    NDC