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Snake bracelet for a child

Ptolemaic Period
332–30 BCE or later
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134
Snake bracelets are known in the eastern Mediterranean and Greece from the 8th-7th centuries BC. They only appear in Egypt with the Hellenistic Period, and then continue to be found in the Roman Period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Snake bracelet for a child
  • Period: Ptolemaic Period
  • Date: 332–30 BCE or later
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: Gold
  • Dimensions: L. 4.5 × W. 3.5 cm (1 3/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.2.14
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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