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This pectoral formed part of a cuirass (body armor). The vertical neck guard is embellished with metopes decorated alternately with rosettes and confronted lions. The area below, which spread over the upper chest, has concentric decorative bands. Pectorals of this distinctive shape and decoration have been found in tombs at Vergina in northern Greece and in Thrace (present-day Bulgaria).
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Title: Silver-gilt and iron pectoral
Period: Classical
Date: 4th century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Silver-gilt, iron
Dimensions:
witdth 3 1/4in. (8.3cm)
circumference 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)
Classification: Gold and Silver
Credit Line: Purchase, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation Gift, 1996
Accession Number: 1996.248
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