Bead Jewellery from Passage of Tomb of Clytemnestra

Department Archive
Collection Mycenae Excavation Records
Reference No. MYC 3/3/10/3
Level Item
Dimensions 18.8cm x 20.9cm
Place Mycenae: Tomb of Clytemnestra
Ancient Mycenae
Dates 1920-1923
Project Mycenae Excavation 1920-1923
Scope and Content Watercolour drawing of wing of ivory inlaid with blue paste, and beads of lapis lazuli, carnelian, faience and glass; from the woman's grave in the entrance passage of the "Tomb of Clytemnestra" (1400-1300 BC). MYC 3/3/10/1 - MYC 3/3/10/5 are all included in 1936 Exhibition collection: 1936 EXH - 116
Reference Wace, Alan J. 1921. Excavations at Mycenae. IX. The Tholos Tombs. 4. The Third Group. BSA 25: 338-386. Direct link