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Gold hair ring

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Metal (Gold)
Intact
Height: 2 cm.
Phourni
Tholos Tomb Α
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan ΙΙΙA2 period.:
1400-1375 BC:
Gallery:
X
Case:
110
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC) - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC).The cemeteries
Knossos and Archanes. The Graves with Bronzes
Description
Gold hair-ring from Tholos Tomb A of Archanes Phourni. Hair rings were ornaments, usually of gold but sometimes also of bronze, used to secure the hair in bunches. They were made of thick wire or bent foil forming three or more spirals and bent at the ends. Five hair rings in total were found at Phourni: two in Tholos Tomb D, one in Tholos Tomb A and one each in Burial Buildings 3 and 5. It is worth noting that the hair rings in Tholos Tomb D were found near the head of the deceased woman.
Bibliography:
Sakellarakis, Y. and Ε. Sapouna-Sakellaraki. Αρχάνες. Μια νέα ματιά στη μινωική Κρήτη. Vol. 2. Athens, 1997, 648.
Author:
K. T.


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