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Metal in the Ptolemaic Period

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Gold

In this period jewellery is most often produced in a Hellenistic tradition. The exact dating is not certain. An early Roman date for some of these pieces is also possible.

bracelet
ring
beads
earrings
hollow gold snake bracelet
beads

Silver

earrings
bead

compare: rings

Bronze

Bronze is still the main metal, used for tools, weapons and in arts (the dating to the Ptolemaic Period is not always certain).

a vessel
corkscrew curl fragments, from figure
a bowl
spatalus
amulet: boy in the mouth of a crocodile
UC 59106

 


 

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