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Chapter 53 - Jewellery and Metalwork

from Part VIII - Aegean Art at the End of the Bronze Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

Jean-Claude Poursat
Translated by
Carl Knappett
Jean-Claude Poursat
Affiliation:
University of Clermont-Ferrand
Carl Knappett
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

Small bronze, gold, or silver rings are not rare in tombs, even in the latest contexts – but they are generally simple bands. This is also the period when new types of fibula and pin appear.

A series of rings with oval bezel appears to belong in Late Helladic (LH) IIIC. They are adorned with curvilinear meanders and spirals in gold wire highlighted by granulation lines (Figure 53.1), and come from late Cretan tombs (Mouliana, Praisos), as well as the ‘Tiryns Treasure’ (Pini 2010, n° 70–4). Their decoration could be of Cypriot origin; a ring from Enkomi has the same technique, but on a round bezel. On bronze rings, similar motifs are simply made with dots (Pini 2010, n°. 47–51).

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The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
A History
 , pp. 502 - 504
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Catling, 1964: Catling, H., Cypriot Bronzework in the Mycenaean World, London.Google Scholar
Deger-Jalkotzy, and Lemos, 2006: Deger-Jalkotzy, S., Lemos, I. eds., Ancient Greece: From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer, Edinburgh.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Iacovou, 2012: Iacovou, M., Cyprus and the Aegean in the Early Iron Age, Nicosia.Google Scholar
Papasavvas, 2001: Papasavvas, G., Bronze Stands from Cyprus and Crete (in Greek), Leucosia.Google Scholar

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