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90 THE MYCENAEAN AGE
which fills over seventy pages of " Mycenae " and includes
figures of 123 representative objects, goes far
Itsofferings ° . r J ? &
to justify the statement. But there was more
than jewelry. Around the walls of the tomb were ranged
34 large copper jugs and caldrons — one of the latter 2}
feet in diameter and another of them containing 100 gold-
plated buttons with intaglios; and in one heap lay more
than 20 bronze swords, among them the now famous blade
with the lion-hunts inlaid in gold; and to these we must
add hilts, pommels, and a sword-belt of gold. Three of
the dead had the golden masks (Fig. 35) still on their faces,
and two of the three had their breasts covered with large
golden breastplates.1 Near the head of another lay a large
gold crown, and there were also two smaller diadems. There
were two signet-rings, with intaglios of a chariot hunt and
a battle-scene (hand to hand), and a massive gold bracelet
(Fig. 76) of enormous size; and the knee-bone of one of
the men was still encircled by the ornate gold clasp that
had fastened on the greave. Of other golden ornaments,
there were some 600, such as hairpins, ribbons, axes, rings,
buttons, flowers, cuttlefish, etc.; and to complete the heroic
outfit there were the dragon-pommel and part of the gold
sheath of a sceptre (Fig. 63), with a second smaller sceptre-
sheath ; a gold lion-mask j a great silver ox-head with
golden horns, and 56 little replicas of the same in gold; 3
• gold models of a temple with Aphrodite's doves perching
on the roof (Fig. 40); 10 splendid golden vessels, including
the dove-cup (Fig. 36); and 19 silver vessels,—goblets,
flagons, bowls, vases, etc. Further there were objects in
alabaster, bronze, terra cotta, and by two of the dead in
two heaps lay 800 amber beads varying from the size of a
pea to the size of a silver dollar, while the whole" sepulchre
1 One of these proved to be a crested diadem. Schucliliardt, p. 217, Fig. 211.
which fills over seventy pages of " Mycenae " and includes
figures of 123 representative objects, goes far
Itsofferings ° . r J ? &
to justify the statement. But there was more
than jewelry. Around the walls of the tomb were ranged
34 large copper jugs and caldrons — one of the latter 2}
feet in diameter and another of them containing 100 gold-
plated buttons with intaglios; and in one heap lay more
than 20 bronze swords, among them the now famous blade
with the lion-hunts inlaid in gold; and to these we must
add hilts, pommels, and a sword-belt of gold. Three of
the dead had the golden masks (Fig. 35) still on their faces,
and two of the three had their breasts covered with large
golden breastplates.1 Near the head of another lay a large
gold crown, and there were also two smaller diadems. There
were two signet-rings, with intaglios of a chariot hunt and
a battle-scene (hand to hand), and a massive gold bracelet
(Fig. 76) of enormous size; and the knee-bone of one of
the men was still encircled by the ornate gold clasp that
had fastened on the greave. Of other golden ornaments,
there were some 600, such as hairpins, ribbons, axes, rings,
buttons, flowers, cuttlefish, etc.; and to complete the heroic
outfit there were the dragon-pommel and part of the gold
sheath of a sceptre (Fig. 63), with a second smaller sceptre-
sheath ; a gold lion-mask j a great silver ox-head with
golden horns, and 56 little replicas of the same in gold; 3
• gold models of a temple with Aphrodite's doves perching
on the roof (Fig. 40); 10 splendid golden vessels, including
the dove-cup (Fig. 36); and 19 silver vessels,—goblets,
flagons, bowls, vases, etc. Further there were objects in
alabaster, bronze, terra cotta, and by two of the dead in
two heaps lay 800 amber beads varying from the size of a
pea to the size of a silver dollar, while the whole" sepulchre
1 One of these proved to be a crested diadem. Schucliliardt, p. 217, Fig. 211.