• Two identical gold pendants in the shape of a recumbent lion



Two identical gold pendants in the shape of a recumbent lion
Two identical gold pendants in the shape of a recumbent lion

Two identical gold pendants in the shape of a recumbent lion


Χ-Α140
Metal (Gold)
Intact
Length: 2.7 cm.
Hagia Triada
Tomba degli Ori
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan IIΙΑ period:
1400-1300 BC:
Gallery:
X
Case:
111
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC) - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC).The cemeteries
Cemeteries of Katsambas and the Phaistos area. Cemeteries in the periphery of the palaces
Description
Sheet-gold pendant in the shape of a recumbent lion. Found in the Tomba degli Ori at Agia Triada.
Bibliography:
Ν. Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki, Το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ηρακλείου,J. S. Latsis Foundation, 2005, 310. J. A. Sakellarakis, Μουσείο Ηρακλείου, Ekdotiki Athinon, 1982, 71. S. Hood, Η Τέχνη στην Προϊστορική Ελλάδα, 1993, 240.
Author:
K. T.


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