Deposit | London, The British Museum, BM 136808=1977,0226.10 |
Notes | Pair with 1977,0226.11 (BM136809). |
Support type | Artefact » Personal adornment » Strip |
Material | Gold |
Measures | l.14.4, w. 1.2, th. 0.4, with loops, strip, wt. 4.4 g |
Notes on support and decorations | The face of the strip is decorated with very small granules as beading enclosing plain strips and groups of four hollow hemispherical granules, with a row of larger granules above; the flat plain reverse has three equally spaced loops which were intended for attachment. |
Modern site | Unknown |
Ancient site | Unknown |
Geographical area | wādī Bayḥān |
Country | Yemen |
Link to site record |
Simpson 2002: 121, cat.133, (uppermost of the two illustrated objects) | Simpson, St John (ed.) 2002. Queen of Sheba. Treasures from the ancient Yemen. London: British Museum Press. [Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London] |