SimplyAbuDhabi XV

New York Virginia China 855-266-9970 www.tkasian.com • i nfo@tkasian.com WITH AN INLAY HERAKLES KNOT WAS AMONG THE MORE POPULAR TYPE AND SUBJECT OF PERSONAL LUXURY ADORNMENTS IN THE GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE GREEK COLONIES WHICH FLOURISHED AROUND THE BLACK SEA. SOME STYLES WERE COPIED SO CLOSELY BY CONTIGUOUS CULTURES THAT IT CAN BE DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO BE CERTAIN WHO CRAFTED AN ITEM. ONE UNUSUAL FEATURE OF THE ARMLET SEEN HERE IS THE FACT THAT THE MINUTE SCALES OF THE SNAKES ARE EACH CRAFTED SEPARATELY, AND ATTACHED WITH SOLDER. THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ON SEVERAL OTHER ARTIFACTS FROM ANTIQUITY EXAMINED AT THIS FACILITY, ALL HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO CENTRAL ASIA, AND ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE SCYTHIAN CULTURE. 4207 ca. 4TH century BCE 1st century CE approxiametly 6 / ” L x 3 / ” Diameter Expert analysis, Williamsburg, Virginia Expert analysis, Williamsburg, Virginia Independent expert analysis physics institute at the University of Bern, Switzerland & Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archaeometric in Manheim, Germany