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THE VAULTED TOMBS OF MESARA
tholos k A small part of the burial stratum I found untouched at the far end, but
all the objects to be described were found in the earth that the villagers had
worked through.
The floor is of soft rock cut level, but the front portion near the door
had been hacked into by the peasants, who probably did not realise that they
were cutting into the living rock.
Many fragments of bone were found in the earth without any mark of fire
(the heap of bones separated out can be seen to the right in Plate XLIV a),
and also fragments of clay vases, but none whole; so that the finds from
Tholos K consist entirely of metal objects and seals.
n. THE OBJECTS FOUND IN THE THOLOS
A. Metal Objects. (Plate XLIII b.)
(a) Copper.
(1) 1492-1496. These five copper dagger blades of triangular type were
all found in the burial stratum. All have the usual two rivet-holes, and most
of the copper rivets are in place. Length from -08 m. to -095 m., and breadth
from -04 m. to -045 m. The analysis of 1495 made by M. Vampakas in the
Public Laboratory of Canea showed 98-83 per cent, of copper and no trace
of tin.
(2) 1498. A dagger of the long type with thick medial rib. Length
•125 m.
(3) The upper half of another long dagger. M. Vampakas' analysis of
this found no tin.
(4) 1501, 1502. Two small cutters or hatchets with one edge. 1501 has
two rivets. Length -04 m. 1502 is longer, -058 m., and has the narrow end
bent into a ring.
(5) 1500. The one arm of a pair of depilatory tweezers -05 m. long with
three rivet-holes, one preserving the rivet.
(b) Gold.
Gold (l) 389. An armlet or hair-band of hard, stout, gold wire bent into a
circle with each end hammered flat and pierced with a small hole. Diameter
•035 m. Weight 6-15 grammes.
(2) 390. A piece of hard gold wire that once was an ornament of some
kind, perhaps a bracelet. Length (straightened) -11 m. Weight 3-3 grammes.
(3) 391 (also Plate VIII). A cylindrical necklace bead with an applique
spiral ornament of thin wire. Length -009 m.
(4) 392. A hollow bead, not unlike the kernel of a nut, square in section
coming to a point at the ends,
METAL
OBJECTS
Copper
THE VAULTED TOMBS OF MESARA
tholos k A small part of the burial stratum I found untouched at the far end, but
all the objects to be described were found in the earth that the villagers had
worked through.
The floor is of soft rock cut level, but the front portion near the door
had been hacked into by the peasants, who probably did not realise that they
were cutting into the living rock.
Many fragments of bone were found in the earth without any mark of fire
(the heap of bones separated out can be seen to the right in Plate XLIV a),
and also fragments of clay vases, but none whole; so that the finds from
Tholos K consist entirely of metal objects and seals.
n. THE OBJECTS FOUND IN THE THOLOS
A. Metal Objects. (Plate XLIII b.)
(a) Copper.
(1) 1492-1496. These five copper dagger blades of triangular type were
all found in the burial stratum. All have the usual two rivet-holes, and most
of the copper rivets are in place. Length from -08 m. to -095 m., and breadth
from -04 m. to -045 m. The analysis of 1495 made by M. Vampakas in the
Public Laboratory of Canea showed 98-83 per cent, of copper and no trace
of tin.
(2) 1498. A dagger of the long type with thick medial rib. Length
•125 m.
(3) The upper half of another long dagger. M. Vampakas' analysis of
this found no tin.
(4) 1501, 1502. Two small cutters or hatchets with one edge. 1501 has
two rivets. Length -04 m. 1502 is longer, -058 m., and has the narrow end
bent into a ring.
(5) 1500. The one arm of a pair of depilatory tweezers -05 m. long with
three rivet-holes, one preserving the rivet.
(b) Gold.
Gold (l) 389. An armlet or hair-band of hard, stout, gold wire bent into a
circle with each end hammered flat and pierced with a small hole. Diameter
•035 m. Weight 6-15 grammes.
(2) 390. A piece of hard gold wire that once was an ornament of some
kind, perhaps a bracelet. Length (straightened) -11 m. Weight 3-3 grammes.
(3) 391 (also Plate VIII). A cylindrical necklace bead with an applique
spiral ornament of thin wire. Length -009 m.
(4) 392. A hollow bead, not unlike the kernel of a nut, square in section
coming to a point at the ends,
METAL
OBJECTS
Copper