late 6th-early 7th century CE
3.5 x 3.4 x 0.2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Brought from Sardis; by Frederick Marquand Godwin, New York, (by 1914), by descent; to his wife Dorothy W. Godwin, New York (1914-1964), gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1964. Note: Frederick M. Godwin was the photographer for the excavations at Sardis with Howard Crosby Butler in 1913 and 1914.
Copper alloy
7th-8th centuryAvarCopper
8th-7th century BCEIranianCarnelian set in gold
1st century BCE-2nd century CERomanGold
4th century BCEGreekIron
5th-3rd century BCEGreekBronze
8th century BCEItalicGold
2nd century BCEGreekBrass, gilt silver wire and silver inlays
9th centuryAnglo-SaxonLeaded bronze, traces of red ochre
10th-7th century BCEIranian