Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 277
and stars represented on Macedonian coins ; but these can,of course, have no relation whatever to the Myceneandiadems, which may be twelve centuries older. Althoughsimilar diadems with an ornamentation of rosettes havenever been found before, yet there can be no doubt thatthey were in extensive use… … No. 285. A Cross in Gold Plate. Sepulchre 111. Actual size. in the Assyrian collection of the same museum fourfigurettes of ivory representing Hercules, whose head islikewise ornamented with such diadems. There are two other diadems with a still simpler shield-like ornamentation, and having in the…