Inventory Number: | J 64 | |
Section Number: | ΕΕ 268 | |
Title: | Mass of Gold Ornaments | |
Category: | Jewelry & Gems | |
Description: | Ninenteen thin ornaments. This group consists of thirteen ivy-leaf pieces (a-m), one large (n) and one small rosette (o), and four plain disks (p-s), three of them are larger and one smaller. Of the ivy-leaf shaped ornaments (a-m), ten are complete, though all are slightly bent; three are more severely bent and two of these three broken in two pieces. Their decoration, in low repoussé, is identical, a convention ivy leaf formed by two volutes crowned by curving lines. None are pierced. Large rosette (n) is an eight-petalled rosette with central dot; pierced around the edges for attachment. Small rosette (o) is a small thin disk, more or less circular, decorated with a rosette and pierced at irregular intervals around the edge with seven small holes for attachment. Outer side slightly convex. The plain disks have each a single piercing. | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | Mycenaean chamber tomb; N.W. part of chamber; against face of ledge 0.85m. from north wall, 0.60m. below top of ledge, practically on floor of chamber. | |
Handling: | Stoa Gallery | |
Notebook Page: | 486 | |
Negatives: | Leica, color slide, IX-101, XVIII-89, 84-9-7 | |
Dimensions: | L. (a-m, average measurement) 0.049; W. (a-m, average measurement) 0.039; Diam. n) (large rosette) 0.025, o) (small rosette) 0.012, p) (disk) 0.016, q) (disk) 0.017, r) (disk) 0.016, s) (disk) 0.012 | |
Material: | Gold | |
Date: | 2 June 1939 | |
Section: | ΕΕ | |
Deposit: | N 21-22:1 | |
Bibliography: | Langenbucher (2007), p. 82, fig. 85B. | |
Sargnon (1987), p. 53, no. 338, fig. 31. | ||
Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 290, fig. 32. | ||
AJA 43 (1939), p. 585, fig. 16. | ||
Agora XIII, p. 168, pl. (33), nos. I 25 (ivy-leaves), I 27 (large rosette), I 28 (small rosette), I 29 (disks). | ||
References: | Publication: Agora XIII Publication: Hesperia 9 (1940) Publication Page: Agora 13, s. 189, p. 168 Publication Page: Agora 13, s. 190, p. 169 Publication Page: Agora 13, s. 293, p. 272 Images (8) Deposit: N 21-22:1 Card: J 64 Card: J 64 |