Plaque
| Object Number: | 30-33-1.12 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Middle East Galleries Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Scythian |
| Provenience: | Russia Kuban Maikop |
| Date Made: | 499-400 BCE |
| Early Date: | 499 |
| Late Date: | 400 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Gold |
| Technique: | Punched Soldered |
| Iconography: | Volute |
| Outside Diameter: | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from the Anderson Galleries (Canessa Estate Sale), subscription of William Hinckle Smith, 1930 |
Description
Openwork plaques depict four heart-shaped volute articulated in relief and arranged in a circular design around a central rhombus; the base of each volute forms one side of the rhombus, and four additional rhombi are set between the upper edges of the volutes. Four attachment rings are soldered on the reverse of each plaque. Reconstructed as part of numerous gold plaques decorating a shirt.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Middle East Galleries (21 Apr 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| The Golden Age of King Midas (13 Feb 2016 - 27 Nov 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Darbyshire, Gareth, and Rose, C. B. 2016. The Golden Age of King Midas: Exhibition Catalogue.. Philadelphia. Penn Museum. pg. 188 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 139-139 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Rose, C. B. 2016. The Golden Age of King Midas.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 66 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Leskov, Aleksandr M. 2008. The Maikop Treasure.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 55, no. 65 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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