Seleucia / gold buttons (8) / Gold
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.09.4537
- Object Name
- gold buttons (8)
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Buttons
- Materials
- Gold
- Weight
- less than 1g each
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Root: Gold appliqués, each with four volutes and a central boss. These appliqués have a gold loop at the back for attachment to garments or diadems.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Verbatim Date
- 141 BC - 226 AD
- Unit Grid Number
- G6, Level III
- Component/Room
- Room 130
- Area
- Grave 243, from front of chest or right side
- Verbatim Provenance
- Iraq
- Verbatim Site
- Seleucia
- Countermark
- 161
- Exhibition Title
- Seleucia-on-the-Tigris: An Exhibition of the excavations at Seleucia, Iraq by the University of Michigan 1927-32, 1936-37
- Case 04 - Jewelry
- Exhibition Curator
- Savage, Elizabeth
- Root, Margaret Cool
- Exhibition Year
- 2009
- Publication Title
- Seleucia-on-the-Tigris : An Exhibition of the Excavations at Seleucia, Iraq, by the University of Michigan, 1927-32, 1936-37
- Publication Author
- Savage, Elizabeth (exhibition organizer)
- Publication Year
- 1977
- Type Category
- 30
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3365 x 3164
- File Size
- 769 KB
- Record
- 0000.09.4537
- Link to this Item
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