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Gold jewelry
This important and rich collection of gold jewelry was made in Canaan in the Late Bronze Age, with gold from mines in the eastern desert of Egypt or from Nubia. The difference in color is due to the addition of other elements, such as silver, since ancient gold work was seldom pure gold. Gold has a high degree of malleability and a fairly high melting-point, allowing craftsmen to heat a piece to t…
Type of item
- Gold jewelry
Date
- Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE
Type of item
- Gold jewelry
Date
- Late Canaanite period, 13th century BCE
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Creation date
- -9999/-1
Provenance
- Rosen, New York.
Identifier
- 92.17.170-258
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/198018
Format
- Color: gold
- gold
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- metal
- silver
- leather
- bone (material)
- bronze
- ivory (material)
- silver
- bronze
- gold
Providing country
- Israel
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2021-10-21T20:12:44.106Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-06-24T12:34:00.608Z