Necklace with Head of Helios or Medusa

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This necklace is composed of coarse chain link and a repoussé disc.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/20/1979	Examination	examined for condition

Exhibitions

Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Faiyum]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Roman (Jeweler)

Period

2nd century CE

Medium

gold
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

Accession Number

57.516

Measurements

as photographed: 15 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (38.4 x 5 x 0.87 x 18.6 cm) (h. x w. x d. x l.); width at clasp: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)
Egypt, Faiyum (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury