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Reproduction of a gold disk ornament with spirals

Emile Gilliéron

Period:: Late Helladic I
Date:: ca. 1600-1500 B.C.
Culture:: Mycenaean
Medium:: gold electrotype
Dimensions:: Other: 2 3/4 x 1/8 in. (7 x 0.3 cm)
Credit Line:: Dodge Fund, 1906
Accession Number:: 06.271

This artwork is not on display

Description

Excavated 1876 in Shaft Grave III, Grave Circle A, Mycenae.

The original is in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
See also
Who
Emile Gilliéron (65)
What
Metal (59,364)

Gold (12,457)

Printing plates (1,720)

Electrotype (447)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)

Peloponnese (405)

Mycenae (135)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Southern Europe, 2000–1000 B.C.

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