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Pair of silver earrings

Χ-Α1722α, β
Metal (Silver)
Intact except for lower right corner of one earring. Corroded in places.
Height: 6 cm.
Chersonissos
Hellenistic period:
300-275 BC:
Gallery:
XXII
Case:
220
Exhibition thematic unit:
Classical - Hellenistic - Roman period (5th c. BC-4th c. AD). The Cemeteries
Jewellery
Description
Pair of foil earrings with repoussé frontal head of Athena. The goddess is wearing a raised Attic helmet decorated with opposed griffins and spirals. She is wearing earrings and a necklace. A more carefully made gilded parallel, by the same Cretan workshop, has been found in the Cave of Eileithyia at Tsoutsouros (ancient Inatos).
Bibliography:
Κ. Galanaki –Α. Chaniotis, Χερσόνησος. Κτερίσματα της Ελληνιστικής περιόδου, Ηράκλειο 2006, no. 146. For the cemetery see Κ. Galanaki, "Ταφικά σύνολα του ύστερου 4ου-3ου αι. π.Χ. στη Χερσόνησο Πεδιάδος", Πεπραγμένα Θ΄ Κρητολογικού Συνεδρίου, vol. Α5, 11-24. A parallel: A Kanta - K. Davaras, ΕΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΧΑΡΙΣΤΗΙΟΝ. Το ιερό σπήλαιο της Ειλειθυίας στον Τσούτσουρο, Heraklion 2011, 165, no. 172.
Author:
K. S.


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