Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 334
t havebeen the bottom of a vase. 1876.] 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. 355). About the samenumber of similar amber… … No. 355. Amber Nccklacc-bcad;.. Sepulchre IV. Actual *uc. 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…