Anklet
Artists of the Meroitic culture were noted for their fine metalworking skills. The Museum owns none of the exquisite inlaid cloisonné and gold jewelry produced during this period, but this heavy bronze anklet with its finely incised decoration gives some idea of their talent for working bronze, a much harder metal than gold.
Artwork Details
- Title: Anklet
- Period: Meroitic Period
- Date: A.D. 100–250
- Geography: From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 186, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1910–1912
- Medium: cupreous alloy
- Dimensions: Diam. 11.3 × H. 4.2 cm (4 7/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Oxford University Expedition to Nubia, 1926
- Object Number: 26.4.110a
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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