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Meroitic Period
Artists of the Meroitic culture were noted for their fine metalworking skills. The Museum owns none of the exquisite inlaid cloisonné and gold jewelry produced during this period, but this heavy bronze anklet with its finely incised decoration gives some idea of their talent for working bronze, a much harder metal than gold.
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Title: Anklet
Period: Meroitic Period
Date: A.D. 100–250
Geography: From Nubia (Sudan), Lower Nubia, Faras, Cemetery 1, Grave 186, University of Oxford Excavations in Nubia 1910–1912
Medium: cupreous alloy
Dimensions: Diam. 11 cm (4 5/16 in)
Credit Line: Gift of Oxford University Expedition to Nubia, 1926
Accession Number: 26.4.110a
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