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THE MYCENAEAN AGE
able seats, low benches would appear to have been built
along the wall. These were doubtless cushioned with rugs
or skins. Such benches, resembling the Turkish divan, are
still to be seen in a room of the women's quarter in the
Mycenae palace; and a
very similar arrange-
ment is in use in parts
of Greece to this day.
While we find no ex-
amples of other furnish-
ings, there can of course
be no doubt that the
house was provided with
chests, couches and the
like.
We have a better
knowledge, of the ves-
sels and utensils of daily
use, and particularly of
the costlier articles de-
signed for state occasions. For these, being made of more
Domestic durable materials and not easily injured by time,
utensils are 0f{;eil found in perfect preservation. The
metals employed in their manufacture are gold, silver, cop-
per, bronze, and lead.
Of Metal _X7.. ... . j
While iron was known,
at least toward the end of the My-
cenaean age, it was so rare as to
be used only for ornaments. In
fact, it has been found only four 1S' ' ronze npo
or five times with proper Mycenaean objects, and always
in the form of rings. Of the other metals, lead was
1 See Jevons, Journal of Hellenic Studies, xiii. 25.
Fig. 17. Copper Jug
THE MYCENAEAN AGE
able seats, low benches would appear to have been built
along the wall. These were doubtless cushioned with rugs
or skins. Such benches, resembling the Turkish divan, are
still to be seen in a room of the women's quarter in the
Mycenae palace; and a
very similar arrange-
ment is in use in parts
of Greece to this day.
While we find no ex-
amples of other furnish-
ings, there can of course
be no doubt that the
house was provided with
chests, couches and the
like.
We have a better
knowledge, of the ves-
sels and utensils of daily
use, and particularly of
the costlier articles de-
signed for state occasions. For these, being made of more
Domestic durable materials and not easily injured by time,
utensils are 0f{;eil found in perfect preservation. The
metals employed in their manufacture are gold, silver, cop-
per, bronze, and lead.
Of Metal _X7.. ... . j
While iron was known,
at least toward the end of the My-
cenaean age, it was so rare as to
be used only for ornaments. In
fact, it has been found only four 1S' ' ronze npo
or five times with proper Mycenaean objects, and always
in the form of rings. Of the other metals, lead was
1 See Jevons, Journal of Hellenic Studies, xiii. 25.
Fig. 17. Copper Jug