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Ivory Handle of Bronze Mirror

Department	Archive
Collection	Mycenae Excavation Records
Reference No.	MYC/3/4/10/3
Level	Item
Dimensions	20.6cm x 25.7cm
Place	Mycenae: Tomb of Clytemnestra Ancient Mycenae
Dates	1920-1923
Project	Mycenae Excavation 1920-1923
Scope and Content	B/W ink drawing of carved ivory handle of bronze mirror from the woman's grave in the entrance passage of the "Tomb of Clytemnestra," L.H. III (1400-1100 B.C.). MYC 3/4/10/1 - MYC 3/4/10/5 are all included in 1936 Exhibition collection: 1936 EXH - 104
Related records	[BSA SPHS/1/3617.C0859], Mycenae: Detail of the carving on the ivory handle of the Bronze Mirror from the tomb of Clytemnestra, 1920-1923 [MYC/3/4/10/5], Restoration Drawing of Ivory Relief of Guardian Lions, 1920-1923 [1936/1/4/2/3], Sub-item, 104b: Carved Ivory Handle [MYC/3/4/10], Objects from Beehive Tombs and Kalkani Cemetery, 1920-1923 [MYC/3/4/10/1], Bronze Mirror with Ivory Handle, 1920-1923 [MYC/3/4/10/2], Bronze Mirror with Ivory Handle Details, 1920-1923 [MYC/3/4/10/4], Ivory Inlay from Wooden Casket, 1920-1923 [BSA SPHS/1/3611.C0853], Mycenae: Carved ivory reconstructed, from the Tomb of Aegisthus, 1922 [1936/1/4/2], 104a-d: Works of Art -Beehive Tombs and Kalkani Cemetery
Reference	Wace, Alan J. 1949. Mycenae, an archaeological history and guide. xviii, 150 p., [104] p. of plates, [6] leaves of plates. Wace, A.J. 1949. Mycenae, an archaeological history and guide. Image 56.