Necklace with a beaded wire wheel and a pendant with a profile of Alexander (?)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The beaded wire wheel is characteristic of the Roman Period. The figure medallion is rather flimsy gold with a beaded wire surround. The figures long hair gathered behind his head suggests perhaps Alexander or Dionysus, perhaps the latter more likely. Both hang on very open loop-in-loop chain.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art