Inventory Number: | J 99 | |
Section Number: | ΔΔ 177 | |
Title: | Gold Ornament | |
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ: | Χρυσές κεφαλές καρφιών ξίφους 1400 – 1350 π.Χ. | |
Category: | Jewelry & Gems | |
Description: | A thin almost circular piece of gold leaf, the edges turned in underneath, as if it had once covered a button. Probably rivet from bronze sword (B 779). | |
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ: | Πέντε χρυσές επενδύσεις κεφαλών ήλων σπάθης. | |
Notes: | Three types of gold-leaf ornament for bronze rivet-heads: 1) larger size, as this one; B 779, with rivet; and two more: apparently from handle of sword B 778. 2) smaller size (Diam. ca. 0.008): from sword B 781(three), 3) narrow strip encircling rivet-head, not covering top: (Diam. ca. 0.001): four of these, two found, with rivets, close to lower ends of swords. [These frags. are registered as J 99 in the new Museum list, S.D. 2005] | |
Conservation Status: | Finished | |
Context: | Mycenaean chamber tomb. On floor in S.W. corner of chamber. | |
Handling: | Stoa Gallery | |
Negatives: | Leica, XXVII-72, XLIII-9 | |
Dimensions: | Diam. 0.011 | |
Material: | Copper alloy, gold leaf | |
Date: | 2 May 1947 | |
Section: | ΔΔ | |
Grid: | ΔΔ:62/ΙΖ | |
Deposit: | M 21:2 | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 17 (1948), pl. XL, 1. | |
Agora XIII, pp. 175-176, pl. 36, no. III 17. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora XIII Publication: Hesperia 17 (1948) Publication Pages (4) Images (4) Deposit: M 21:2 Card: J 99 |