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Mycen©Œ : a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycen©Œ and Tiryns (1878)

Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 265

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other golden ornaments here shown, No.256 represents a butterfly of gold, which has, no doubt,served as an ornament on the dress; but, as it has noperforation, it is not clear to me how it may have beenfastened ; probably it has been glued or pasted on thedrapery. Further, ten golden grasshoppers*… … Nos. 256-260. Golden Ornaments. Sepulchre III. Actual size. of which Nos. 257 and 258 give the engravings of two; allhave a tubular hole at the top, and are evidently from neck-laces. These ornaments, as well as the crickets, are of repousse- * More properly the tree cricket (t£tti£, Lat. cicada,…

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