Prescribed sources Flashcards
Where/when was the Gold Pyxis from?
Date: 16th century BC
Location: Grave circle A, shaft grave
How was the Gold Pyxis made? and of what?
- Out of Wood and Gold
- repousse and filigree technique
What 2 things are depicted on the Gold Pyxis?
- Lions chasing animals
- Heads of cattle
Gold Pyxis Function:
To hold cosmetics or jewllery
Where/When was the Gold rhyton from?
Date: 16th century BC
Location: Grave circle A, Grave IV
How was the Gold rhyton made? and of what?
- Out of sheets of gold
- hammering, granulation and repousse
What is the Gold rhyton?
A golden lions head
Gold rhyton Function:
Container for pouring wine
Where/when was the (tripod) linear B tablet from?
Date: 13th century BC
Location: Palace of Pylos
What was the Linear B tablet made of?
Clay
Importance of the Linear B tablets:
Show what was important to the Mycenaeans,
they only had words for the most significant words,
Also shows they were advanced and had a language
Where/When was the Dagger Blade from?
16th Century BC
Grave circle A
How was the Dagger blade made? and of what?
The dagger blade was made of gold, silver and niello.
It was made with the inlay technique
What did the Dagger blade tell us?
- the importance of hunting in mycenaean society,
- proves use of weapons,
- also evidence of trade.
Where/when was the Warrior vase from?
13th century BC
House of the warrior, mycenae
