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Gold foil with figure-of-eight shield

Χ-Α1057
Metal (Gold)
Intact
Length: 9.3 cm.
Prinias
Cemetery
Geometric period:
800-700 BC:
Gallery:
XVIII
Case:
182
Exhibition thematic unit:
Geometric - Archaic period (10th-6th c. BC). The cemetery of the city of Prinias
Description
Gold foil decorated with figure-of-eight shield motif. The figure-of-eight shield goes back to Mycenaean tradition but survives into Historical times as a decorative element, especially in pottery. Some figures carrying such shields are sometimes identified as legendary heroes of the past.
Bibliography:
Rizza G.-Rizzo M. A., “Prinias”, in Ancient Crete, A Hundred Years of Italian Archaeology (1884-1984), Rome, 1984, 166-167, fig. 301.
Author:
S. P.


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