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A. j. Evans
as a coating of decorative reliefs. A piece of clay partly covered with
gold leaf also showed traces of an elaborate design in relief apparently of
circular form and recalling some of the thin gold disks found in the
Lump of Clay with Gold Foil
and Impression of Design.
^ ■J' J'
Bronze Handle.
^ >Jr ^
Limestone Hammer
(Fractured).
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■HIH ^ (Bronze
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Gold Foil : some Petal-shaped Pieces above for Lining Plaques.
Fig. 24.—Gold Leaf, Crystal Plaques, Bronze Handles, Etc., from West Cist.
Akropolis tombs at Mycenae. Other pieces of gold foil were cut out into
leaf- or petal-shaped forms and seemed to have originally formed part
of the setting of crystal inlays. There occurred indeed numerous petal-
shaped plaques of crystal for intarsia work (see Fig. 24), perhaps origin-
A. j. Evans
as a coating of decorative reliefs. A piece of clay partly covered with
gold leaf also showed traces of an elaborate design in relief apparently of
circular form and recalling some of the thin gold disks found in the
Lump of Clay with Gold Foil
and Impression of Design.
^ ■J' J'
Bronze Handle.
^ >Jr ^
Limestone Hammer
(Fractured).
\]/ \[/
■HIH ^ (Bronze
IBM ICl.imp.
Gold Foil : some Petal-shaped Pieces above for Lining Plaques.
Fig. 24.—Gold Leaf, Crystal Plaques, Bronze Handles, Etc., from West Cist.
Akropolis tombs at Mycenae. Other pieces of gold foil were cut out into
leaf- or petal-shaped forms and seemed to have originally formed part
of the setting of crystal inlays. There occurred indeed numerous petal-
shaped plaques of crystal for intarsia work (see Fig. 24), perhaps origin-