Mycenae : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns (1878)
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 375
o. 230, p. 154. i876.] GOLDEN DRAGON, WITH CRYSTAL SCALES. 287 handle of a sceptre, an augurs staff, or something ofsimilar importance, for both offer the unique exampleamong the Mycenean antiquities of gold incrusted with asort of mosaic of rock-crystal. To examine first thegolden cylinder (No.… … Nos. 451, 452. A Golden Tube ; and a Golden Dragon with scales of rock crystal, both beingprobably pieces of a sceptre-handle. Sepulchre IV. Size 3 : 4. Between every two flowers is a square space withcurved sides, which is also filled up with well-fitting piecesof rock-crystal. Of these latter…
