1991.75.98, Single snake bracelet, Near Eastern, Persia or Asia minor, 7th-6th centuries B.C.E.

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Chronologically and geographically, the term "Near Eastern jewelry" covers an enormous field. The three Near Eastern objects in the Moretti Collection of Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (see also 1991.75.97.a-b, 1991.75.99) date to the 1st millennium BCE and come from Persia (modern-day Iran) or Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). This snake bracelet is a massive, pennanular hoop with a circular cross section. The open ends are shaped as snakes' heads. Details on the heads are chased. On the hoop directly behind the heads, scales are punched in a regular pattern. The end of the punched area is marked by engraved lines.

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Barbara Deppert-Lippitz, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1996), 119; 146.
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Chronologically and geographically, the term "Near Eastern jewelry" covers an enormous field. The three Near Eastern objects in the Moretti Collection of Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (see also 1991.75.97.a-b, 1991.75.99) date to the 1st millennium BCE and come from Persia (modern-day Iran) or Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). This snake bracelet is a massive, pennanular hoop with a circular cross section. The open ends are shaped as snakes' heads. Details on the heads are chased. On the hoop directly behind the heads, scales are punched in a regular pattern. The end of the punched area is marked by engraved lines.

Adapted from
Barbara Deppert-Lippitz, Ancient Gold Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art in association with the University of Washington Press, 1996), 119; 146.
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jewelry: AAT: 300209286
bracelets (jewelry): AAT: 300045991
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
serpents (snakes/Serpentes suborder): AAT: 300250870
metalworking: AAT: 300053946
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
engraving (action): AAT: 300053829
Persia (historical region/Asia): TGN: 7024079
Near Eastern (Early Western World): AAT: 300019571
punching (surface marking technique): AAT: 300235631
Asia Minor (general region/Turkey): TGN: 7002294
Persian (culture): AAT: 300019933
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