To be frank with you I would much like to take the golden necklace and wear it for a night out. The date would have to be equivallent to the necklace however...
If I did not post the legend of each artifact it's because I believed it to be really boring a procedure for the readers. The Mycenaean archaeology can be a bit too "heavy".
I am happy however to post the legends for artifacts no. 22 and 24 here:
22---> glass- cut out in the form of a lioness 24---> glass plaques with representation of a lion (not really observable in the photo)
I would never guess that those things are from glass, the pieces look more like flakes of stone.
Hmm, I think that people who joined this community interested not only in the beautiful pictures. So, when it's not too time consuming for you, it would be nice to read some brief explanation.
Thanks a lot for these photos and all the others in this community.
"The pieces look more like flakes of stone" because they are not pure glass. It is a manufacured material that has as basic components sand, alcalics and asbestos(lime. That material was mixed with a coherent organic essence so that a unified, homogenous malleable mass would be created and be applied on the engraved openings so that the decoration would be complete. The term is the following "Glaspasta, Glasmasse, pasta vitrea, pate de verre, glass paste"
Thanks for the comments. I am really pleased to find out that ypu liked the exhibits. I think I made a mistake though, I did not mean that you would not be interested about the identity of the artifacts themselves. I thought you would not be as interested since I had never seen before my post such artifacts in the community
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As everybody else, I like beautiful statues and buildings, but when I have an opportunity, I like to spend time looking at the artifacts, the things that were part of everyday life, whether of kings or common people. They give a glimpse into the past that the "big things" can't.
Thought a devotee of Alexander/Hephaistion and their time, I started as a big fan of Greek Mythology (I still am). When I can, I like to learn more about that time (say XVII - XI BC) and anything in between!
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I wish the explanations of the artifact were readable. By chance, do you know what are the pieces #22 & #24 in the first photo?
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To be frank with you I would much like to take the golden necklace and wear it for a night out. The date would have to be equivallent to the necklace however...
If I did not post the legend of each artifact it's because I believed it to be really boring a procedure for the readers. The Mycenaean archaeology can be a bit too "heavy".
I am happy however to post the legends for artifacts no. 22 and 24 here:
22---> glass- cut out in the form of a lioness
24---> glass plaques with representation of a lion (not really observable in the photo)
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I would never guess that those things are from glass, the pieces look more like flakes of stone.
Hmm, I think that people who joined this community interested not only in the beautiful pictures. So, when it's not too time consuming for you, it would be nice to read some brief explanation.
Thanks a lot for these photos and all the others in this community.
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The term is the following "Glaspasta, Glasmasse, pasta vitrea, pate de verre, glass paste"
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As everybody else, I like beautiful statues and buildings, but when I have an opportunity, I like to spend time looking at the artifacts, the things that were part of everyday life, whether of kings or common people. They give a glimpse into the past that the "big things" can't.
Thought a devotee of Alexander/Hephaistion and their time, I started as a big fan of Greek Mythology (I still am). When I can, I like to learn more about that time (say XVII - XI BC) and anything in between!
Thanks a lot for your time.
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