Gold signet ring with figure-of-eight shields and sacral knots



Gold signet ring with figure-of-eight shields and sacral knots

Χ-Α990
Metal (Gold)
Intact
Length of bezel: 2.2 cm.
Phourni
Tholos Tomb Α
Late Bronze Age, Final Palatial period. Late Minoan IIIA1 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 signet ring from Tholos Tomb A at Archanes Phourni. The ring is made of a hollow gold sheet, with sacral knots and figure-of-eight shields on the bezel. The bezel is divided in half by a horizontal groove, each side containing a row of three figure-of-eight shields, those on the end being smaller, alternating with two opposed sacral knots.
Bibliography:
Sakellarakis, J. and E. Sapouna-Sakellaraki. Αρχάνες. Μια νέα ματιά στη μινωική Κρήτη. vol. 2 Athens, 1997, 660-661.
Author:
K. T.


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