Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Gold/silver objects : Necklace of gold wheat-grain and drop-shaped beads [Χ-Α138]

Necklace of gold wheat-grain and drop-shaped beads

Χ-Α138

Metal (Gold)

Intact

Διαστάσεις

Hagia Triada

Tomb 5 ("Tomba degli ori")

Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan ΙΙΙΑ2 early.:

1375-1350 BC:

Gallery:

Case:

110

Exhibition thematic unit:

Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC) - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC).The cemeteries

Cemeteries of Phaistos

Description

Necklace of 39 wheat-grain and drop-shaped beads. The gold beads were made by hammering over a mould, a technique that facilitated standardisation and increased production. This is evident from the discovery of identical gold beads and similar necklaces in different regions. This necklace formed part of a rich assemblage from the “Tomba degli Ori”, the “Tomb of the Gold Ornaments” in the cemetery of Agia Triada. However, it has been argued that this assemblage, together with a scarab of Queen Tiyi, the wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, and other luxury items accompanying human bones in secondary burial, may have been transferred there from the nearby tomb containing the painted Agia Triada Sarcophagus, which was otherwise empty when it was discovered.

Bibliography:

Paribeni, R. “Ricerce nel sepolcreto di Haghia Triada presso Phaistos, Monumenti Antichi 14 (1904): 731. La Rosa, V. “La c.d. Tomba degli ori e il nuovo settore nord-est dell’insediamento di Haghia Triada”. Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene 70-71 (1992-93): 121-172. Cucuzza, N. "Il sarcofago dipinto di Haghia Triada e l’Egitto”. Aegyptica I (2010): 51-58. Dimopoulou, Ν. "Οι τέχνες". In S. Mandalaki and G. Rethemiotakis, Μινωικός κόσμος. Ταξίδι στις απαρχές της Ευρώπης, Heraklion, 2015, 183.

Author:

G. F.

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