Bracelet in the form of a Snake

Artist Unidentified

Period Ptolemaic Period (Ancient Egyptian, 304–30 BCE)

Place of OriginEgypt

DatePtolemaic Period (304-30 BCE)

Dimensions2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

Mediumsilver

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1906.190

Not on View

Published ReferencesPuma, Richard Daniel de, Art In Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Rome, L'erma di Bretschneider, 2009, p. 116, no. 147, repr. (col.) p. 117, fig. 71.Exhibition HistoryThe Dayton Art Institute, The Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life (featuring the Brooklyn Museum exhibition Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire), Sept. 21, 2007-Jan. 6, 2008.

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave, Sept. 2003-Aug. 2005.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.