File:EB1911 Jewelry - Mycenaean from Enkomi.jpg
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English: Jewelry of the close of the Mycenaean period represented by finds from the cemetery of Enkomi near Salamis, in Cyprus. This field was excavated by the British Museum in 1896, and a considerable portion of the finds is now at Bloomsbury. It was rich in all forms of jewelry, but especially in pins, rings and diadems with patterns in relief. In its geometric patterns the art of Enkomi is entirely Mycenaean, but special stress is laid on the mythical forms that were inherited by Greek art, such as the sphinx and the gryphon. |
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| Date | published 1911 | |||
| Source | Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 15, 1911, “Jewelry,” Plate I (between pp. 366 and 367), Figs. 37-48. | |||
| Author | Unknown jewellers and photographer | |||
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| Figs. | 37-48 | (Plate I.) | are examples of the late Mycenaean treasures from Enkomi. |
| ” | 37, 38 | ” | Ear-rings. |
| ” | 39 | ” | Diadem, to be tied on the forehead. The impressed figure of a sphinx is repeated twelve times. |
| ” | 40, 41, 46 | ” | Ear-rings, originally in bull’s head form (fig. 40). Later, the same general form is retained, but decorative patterns (figs. 41, 46) take the place of the bull’s head. |
| ” | 42 | ” | Pin, probably connected by a chain with a fellow, to be used as a cloak fastening. |
| ” | 43 | ” | Pomegranate pendant, with fine granulated work. |
| ” | 44, 45 | ” | Pins as No. 42. The heads are of vitreous paste. |
| ” | 46 | (See above.) | |
| ” | 47 | ” | Pendant ornament, in lotus-form, of a pectoral, inlaid with coloured pastes. |
| ” | 48 | ” | Small slate cylinder, set in filigree. |
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