#ancient jewellery
Bronze arm ring for a child, 6th century BC
Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection:H2204
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Gold bracelet made up of eight pairs of hemispherical elements. The backs are filled with a solidified ash-like substance, possibly lava.
1st century AD and probably from the area around Pompeii
Image from the National Museums Scotland via their online collection: A.1984.70 A
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Gold Roman amulet in the shape of a male bust
Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection:H1860
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6th century BC Etruscan earring
Image from the Thorvaldsen Museum via their online collection:H1840
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A necklace composed of seven Egyptian emerald beads on a gold chain. Roman period 1st – 3rd century AD
Image from the Museum of London via their online collection:76.118
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Photograph of finger rings from a Roman jewellery hoard found at Snettisham, Norfolk
Image from Norfolk Museums Collection via their online collection:KILLM : 2007.897.6
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A Roman brooch from 2nd century AD excavated from Springhead, Kent. It is shaped like the sole of a show with decoration representing the hobnails.
Image from Wessex Archaeology’s flickr:Shoe brooch
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Lunua pendant, Nabataean-Hellenistic, 2nd to 1st century B.C. Gold, Garnet. Jewellery Museum Pforzheim, photo Nick Bürgin.
