Mycenaean jewelry pictures collection from greek museums
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A unique gold covering for the body and the face of an
infant, consisting of pieces of gold foil. A distinctive detail are the
ring-shaped earrings. Grave III (Grave of the Women), Grave Circle A,
Mycenae, 16th.cent BC. |
With beads in the shape of lilies and waz lilies
alternating with semicircles. Tomp 10 from the Mycenaean cemetery of Midea
in the Argolid. 15th cent.BC. |
Gold necklace with pairs of antithetic eagles. Grave V.
16th cent. BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Gold elliptical diadem with leaf-shapes piexes at the
top. Grave III. 16th cent. BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. |
From diadems and plaques from a comp revetment. Grave
L. Grave Circle B, Mycenae. 17th cent.BC. National Archaeological Museum |
Made of a thick gold sheet. In the middle, a cut-out
foil was initially decorated wit iron axes (ritual weapons). The
bracelet's shape and decoration (the use of iron was rare during this
period) make it a powerful emblem of the Mycenaean ruler's authority.
Grave IV, Grave Circle A. Mycenae,16th cent.BC. National Archaeological
Museum |
Made of interwoven coils of gold wire, with
criss-crossing bronze wire inside holding amber beads, typical to Tyrins.
These unique ornaments were probably imported from north-west Europe.
Unknown use. The Tiryns board. 15th cent.BC. National Archaeological
Museum |
With hunting scene. an archer targets a deer from a
two-horsed chariot. Signet rings were precious objects and may have been
used by the Mycenaean rulers as personal seals. Grave IV, Grave Circle A.
Mycenae, 16th cent.BC. National Archaeological Museum |
Gold rings and beads with granulated decoration. From the Acropolis
treasure of Mycenae. Grave Circle A. 15th cent.BC. National Archaeological
Museum of Athens |
With beads of various shapes, some with granulated decoration, and
lily-shaped pendant. Tomb 10. From the Mycenaean cemetery of Midea in the
Argolid. 15th cent. BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Gold floral ornaments of overlapping sheets, perhaps the heads of
elaborate pins. Grave III (Grave of the Women), Grave Circle A, Mycenae,
16th.cent BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
In the shape of a cross. Grave III (Grave of the Women), Grave Circle
A, Mycenae, 16th.cent BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Jewelry from Graves IV and V, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 16th cent.BC.
National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
With elaborate filigree and granulated decoration. Grave III (Grave of
the Women), Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 16th.cent BC. National Archaeological
Museum of Athens |
With pendant rosettes. Tomb 10. From the Mycenaean cemetery of Midea in
the Argolid. 15th cent.BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
An impressive gold diadem with repousse rosettes and thin sheets
applied at the top. Grave III (Grave of the Women), Grave Circle A,
Mycenae, 16th.cent BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens |
With military scene: two men fight with long swords, while a third one,
who wears a boar's tusk helmet and holds a spear and tower-shaped shield,
stands by, and a fourth figure lies on the ground, all set within a rocky
landscape. Grave IV, Grave Circle A. Mycenae,16th cent.BC. National
Archaeological Museum of Athens |
With elaborate religious scene. A goddess seated under a tree receives
offerings of lilies and poppies from two women. Two female attendants are
shown in smaller scale. An idol armed with a figure-of-eight shield
appears descending from high, near representations of the sun and the
moon. A double axe and stylized lion heads complete the composition. From
the Acropolis treasure of Mycenae. Grave Circle A. 15th cent.BC. National
Archaeological Museum of Athens |
Gold flower-shaped head of a bronze pin. From the female inhumation in
Grave Omicron, Grave Circle B, Mycenae,17th cent.BC. National
Archaeological Museum of Athens |
The reconstruction is based on a picture from Axel W. Persson's book,
"New Tombs at Dendra near Midea", Lund 1942. |