Gold “boat” earring, 1400-1200 BC
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Links to other views:⇒ Larger Viewif scripting is off, click the ⇒ instead. Links to others of type EarringGold earrings, Crete, 2500-1600 BCGold ‘grape’ earrings, Rome, 200 AD |
This jewel from the island of Cyprus, around 1300 BC, is a stylized representation of a boat. Marcade (1973:17, Fig. 2) describes an almost identical item: “… boat shaped earrings, of which we show an example from Kuklia, were highly prized. They are not always as plain as these, which stretch from the hanging line without any embellishments” Maier (1969:122, Fig. 128) also describes a similar item: “Palaepaphos. Gold earrings in the shape of a small boat. The over elongated extremities overlap. Recent Cyprus III B, 1190-1150 BC. Long. 3,7 cm et 4 cm, Cyprus Museum, Nicosie. KTE VIII.” Tait (1991:39, Fig. 59) also describes a similar item: “A group of gold Cypro Mycenaean jewelry excavated at Enkomi, Cyprus in 1896. The two pairs of earrings are dated to the 14th or 13th century BC. One pair (59) is of ‘leech’ shape.” Bibliography (for this item)Maier, Franz-Georg1969 Dans les nécropoles de Palaepaphos. Publications d’Art et d’Archeologie, Paris, FranceArchelogie Vivante, Vol.II, 3:116-130. ( 122, fig. 128) Marcadé, Jean 1973 Bijoux. Nagel, Geneva, Swizerland. ( 17, fig. 2 ) Tait, Hugh 1991 Jewelry: 7000 Years: An international History and Illustrated Survey from the Collections of the British Museum (republication of the 1987 edtion by H. N. Abrams). Abradale Press, New York, NY. ( 39, fig. 59) |
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