Inventory Number: | J 65 | |
Section Number: | ΕΕ 269 | |
Title: | Mass of Gold Ornaments | |
Category: | Jewelry & Gems | |
Description: | This group consists of thirty rosettes, five ivy-leaf pieces and one shell-shaped ornament. Ivy-leaf ornaments: four of them are complete, though slightly bent; one is somewhat broken. Decoration in low repouseé: a conventional ivy-leaf formed by two volutes crowned by curving lines. None are pierced. Cf. J 64. Shell-shaped: lower edge straight, upper edge scalloped; converging flutes running downward; small eight-petalled rosette in center. Pierced at edge. Cf. J 84. Rosette: one of the rosettes is half only; the others are largely complete, though slightly bent and with occasional chips missing. Eight-petalled rosette with central dot; pierced around the edges for attachment. | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | Mycenaean chamber tomb; N.W. part, along foot of ledge, 0.90 to 1.25m. from north end of chamber. Cf. J 46. | |
Handling: | Stoa Gallery | |
Notebook Page: | 486, 513 | |
Negatives: | Leica, color slide, XVIII-89, 84-9-7 | |
Dimensions: | Diam. (rosettes, average measurement) 0.025; L. (shell-shsaped) 0.033, (ivy-leaf, average measurement) 0.049; W. (ivy-leaf, average measurement) ca. 0.04 | |
Material: | Gold | |
Date: | 2 June 1939 | |
Section: | ΕΕ | |
Deposit: | N 21-22:1 | |
Bibliography: | Langenbucher (2007), p. 82, fig. 85B. | |
Hesperia 9 (1940), p. 290, fig. 32. | ||
AJA 43 (1939), p. 585, fig. 16. | ||
Agora XIII, pp. 168-169, pls. (33, 77), nos. I 25 (ivy-leaves), I 26 (shell-shaped), I 27 (rosettes). | ||
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:J 64 | |
Agora:Object:J 84 | ||
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 (11) Deposit: N 21-22:1 Card: J 65 Card: J 65 |