Necklace with gold-mounted seal



Necklace with gold-mounted seal

Σ-Κ2384
Metal (Gold), Stone (Sard)
Seal mended
Seal diameter: 2.2 cm.
Knossos, Sellopoulo
Tomb 4
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan IIIA2 period:
1370-1300 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 Cemeteries
Description
Necklace consisting of a chain of small gold spherical beads and a gold-mounted sard seal, mended from three pieces. The surface of the seal depicts a bull. The suspension holes in the seal are covered with disc-shaped pieces of gold foil in order to attach it to the chain. Found in Tomb 4 of the Sellopoulo Cemetery near Knossos.
Bibliography:
Ν. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki, Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ηρακλείου,J. S. Latsis Foundation, 2005, 318. Popham, M.R. - Catling, E.A. and H. 1974. Sellopoulo Tombs 3 and 4, Two Late Minoan Graves near Knossos, Annual of the British School at Athens 69, 195-258.
Author:
K. T.


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