Bee pendant



Bee pendant

Χ-Α1264
Metal (Gold)
Intact
Dimensions: 1.1Χ1.15Χ0.06 cm.
Knossos-Venizeleio
Archaic period:
6th c. BC:
Gallery:
XIX
Case:
186
Exhibition thematic unit:
Geometric - Archaic - Classical period (10th-4th c. BC). The Cemeteries
Jewellery
Description
Bee pendant of thin cut-out gold sheet. Repoussé dots form the outline of the insect, the head, the eyes and the triangular line of the “neck”. The space between head and neck contains repoussé lines. On the back of the pendant is a cylindrical wire suspension loop. Granulation, meaning decoration with tiny gold spheres known as granules, first appears in prehistoric times.
Bibliography:
J.N. Coldstream and H.W. Catling, Knossos, North Cemetery Early Greek Tombs, Vol. I, 1996, Tomb 107, p. 380.
Author:
M. K.


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