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DRESS AND PERSONAL ADORNMENT 181
Out of the mass we select — chiefly for their unique in-
taglios — three gold beads from the third grave, as well as
several of the gems which are constantly coming
to light in other tombs. The gold beads (Figs.
73—75) are rectangular, pierced lengthwise for the string,
with both surfaces slightly convex, though engraved as a
rule only on one side. One of these intaglios represents
a Hon in full retreat over rocky ground, the second a
man grappling with a lion, and the third two warriors
in close encounter. One of these combatants, clad simply
in the apron, is thrusting his sword into the throat of his
foe,—a man armed with shield and plumed helmet. These
admirable works must have been very rare at the best: no
Figs. 73-75. Gold Intaglios (Grave III.)
other tomb has yielded their like. A pierced gem o£ the
same pattern, rudely engraved with the figure of a horned
animal, has now been found at Mycenae (1893). The sole
example of this form elsewhere known is from Amorgos,
but that is a gem and not engraved.1
The engraved gems are mostly lentoid, but often oval,
rarely cylindrical. In size they vary : the quarter and half
dollar may roughly represent the extremes. All Ensrave(I
are pierced for the string, and the little aperture Gems
is often mounted with gold. The lentoid and oval gems
are engraved, as a rule, only on one side ; now and then on
both. (For typical designs, see especially pages 218 and
225.) From the interest of their subjects and from their
1 See Atk. Mittheilungen, 1886, p. 20.
Out of the mass we select — chiefly for their unique in-
taglios — three gold beads from the third grave, as well as
several of the gems which are constantly coming
to light in other tombs. The gold beads (Figs.
73—75) are rectangular, pierced lengthwise for the string,
with both surfaces slightly convex, though engraved as a
rule only on one side. One of these intaglios represents
a Hon in full retreat over rocky ground, the second a
man grappling with a lion, and the third two warriors
in close encounter. One of these combatants, clad simply
in the apron, is thrusting his sword into the throat of his
foe,—a man armed with shield and plumed helmet. These
admirable works must have been very rare at the best: no
Figs. 73-75. Gold Intaglios (Grave III.)
other tomb has yielded their like. A pierced gem o£ the
same pattern, rudely engraved with the figure of a horned
animal, has now been found at Mycenae (1893). The sole
example of this form elsewhere known is from Amorgos,
but that is a gem and not engraved.1
The engraved gems are mostly lentoid, but often oval,
rarely cylindrical. In size they vary : the quarter and half
dollar may roughly represent the extremes. All Ensrave(I
are pierced for the string, and the little aperture Gems
is often mounted with gold. The lentoid and oval gems
are engraved, as a rule, only on one side ; now and then on
both. (For typical designs, see especially pages 218 and
225.) From the interest of their subjects and from their
1 See Atk. Mittheilungen, 1886, p. 20.