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Gold casket-shaped pendant

Χ-Α999
Metal (Gold)
Intact
Height: 1.5 cm. Max. width: 1.4 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 casket-shaped pendant from Tholos Tomb A at Archanes Phourni. It belonged to the rich burial in the side chamber of Tholos Tomb A. The pendant consists of two separate pieces, the main body and the lid, which were made of attached pieces of gold sheet. The pairs of suspension holes indicate that it was used as a pendant.
Bibliography:
Sakellarakis, Y. and Ε. Sapouna-Sakellaraki. Αρχάνες. Μια νέα ματιά στη μινωική Κρήτη. Vol. 2. Athens, 1997, 640.
Author:
K. T.


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