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Gold baldric accessory (?)

Χ-Α711
Metal (Gold)
Intact
Length: 5.5 cm.
Knossos
Venizeleio, Tomb ΙΙΙ
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan ΙΙ-ΙΙΙA2 period.:
1450-1375 BC:
Gallery:
X
Case:
103
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC) - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC).The cemeteries
The cemeteries of Knossos
Description
Gold toggle-shaped fitting, perhaps used to secure a baldric, a wide belt for a sword or dagger that hung diagonally from the warrior’s shoulder to his thigh. The fitting was found with a bronze dagger and a decorated strip of ivory between the two burials in Chamber Tomb III of the Venizeleio cemetery. This tomb is not only a typical example of a Knossian “warrior grave” of the early Final Palatial period but also forms a closed context, as it only contained two burials.
Bibliography:
Hood, M.S.F. and P. de Jong. "Late Minoan Warrior-Graves from Ayios Ioannis and the New Hospital Site at Knossos". The Annual of the British School at Athens 47 (1952): 249-251, fig. 6 no.19, pl. 54c. Steinmann, B. Die Waffengr?ber Der ?g?ischen Bronzezeit: Waffenbeigaben, soziale Selbstdarstellung und Adelsethos in der minoisch-mykenischen Kultur. Philippika 52. Wiesbaden, 2012, 176-177, Taf. 39h.
Author:
G. F.


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