Ball

48-2-200G

From: Turkey (Country) | Samsoun

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-200G
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Turkey (Country) | Samsoun
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Object cleaned in 1966, a gold cuprous exide remained with a green in patina beneath it. Flattned hollow ball is in two halves once joined by a strip of metal which has left its traces along the joint. Semicircular notch was cut in each half's edge to form a hole by which to suspend the ball. Each half is decorated.

Height 3.8 cm
Outside Diameter 8.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 8 - Collector Number | L-2-306 - Old Loan Number

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