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Cylinder Seal Necklace (about 500-400 BC)
Monteiasi, Amoroso district
Gold, chalcedony, incised
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 12023
[Cat. no. 13]
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Tarantine Jewelry
The goldsmiths of Taranto were among the most skilled in the Greek world. They excelled in many jewelry-making techniques: cutting by incision and drilling, filigree, and the shaping of sheet gold in molds. The objects here demonstrate their range of expertise over several centuries. The discovery of many of these pieces in women's burials illuminates the evolving fashions popular with the city's female residents. The painted terracotta figurines [cat. nos. 22-26] also represent these fashions.
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Boat-Shaped Earrings (about 350-325 BC)
Taranto, Via Marche
Gold, tooled
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 196946
[Cat. no. 14]
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Lion Protome Earrings (about 325-300 BC)
Taranto, Via Molise
Gold, incised, filigree, mold-made protomes
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 126231 A-B
[Cat. no. 17]
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As the styles changed, boat-shaped earrings [cat. no. 14] were replaced in the late 4th century BC by earrings featuring lion protomes (heads and necks) [cat. no. 17], a type favored by Tarantine artisans.
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Bird Scarab Ring (about 340-330 BC)
Taranto, Via Bellini
Silver, pale violet chalcedony, drilled, incised
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 106516
[Cat. no. 15]
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Warrior Scarab Ring (about 325-300 BC)
Taranto, Via Iapigia
Gold, dark amber chalcedony, drilled, incised
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 54752
[Cat. no. 16]
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Finger rings having carved stones that swivel [cat. nos. 15-16] were produced from the early 4th century BC, overlapping in time with those made of solid gold with oval, incised bezels [cat. nos. 18-19].
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Odysseus and Argo Ring (about 320-300 BC)
Taranto, Via Regina Elena
Gold, incised
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 12019
[Cat. no. 18]
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Lady's Portrait Ring (about 300-280 BC)
Mottola
Gold, incised
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 54117
[Cat. no. 21]
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The distinctive "necklace" of gold wire mesh [cat. no. 20] may have been pinned at the shoulders to an outer garment; necklaces incorporated Mesopotamian cylinder seals [cat. no. 13] beginning in the 5th century BC; and the antelope armband [cat. no. 19] may have been an Eastern import, perhaps transported by mercenary soldiers sometime after Alexander the Great's death (about 323 BC).
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Necklace (about 300-280 BC)
Mottola
Gold, tooled
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 54116
[Cat. no. 20]
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Antelope Armband (about 300-280 BC)
Mottola
Gold, incised, filigree, mold-made protomes
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto, inv. 54118
[Cat. no. 19]
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