Gold roundel
Unknown
ca. 1600–1050 BCE · Gold · Greek and Roman Art
Made of hammered sheet metal, these gold roundels would have adorned a cloth or garment, probably a funerary shroud. Similar examples have been found in the Royal Shaft Graves at Mycenae and in Mycenaean tombs on the island of Rhodes.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1600–1050 BCE
- Medium
- Gold
- Culture
- Cypriot
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
