Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 333
t havebeen the bottom of a vase. i876.] AMBER BEADS. 245 At the left side of the head of the middle body of thethree which lay with the heads turned to the east, I founda heap of more than 400 large and small beads of amber,of which I represent eight (No. ^^^). About the samenumber of similar amber… … No. 355. Amber Necklace-beads. Sepulchre IV. Actual size. large treasures of golden ornaments seems to prove thatamber was very precious and was considered as a mag-nificent ornament in the time of the early Mycenean kings.Among the finest objects found in this tomb were a vaseand three handles of…
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