Text, Jewellery Graves IV and V, Grave Circle A, Mycenae

National Archeological Museum, Athens, Greece

These gold cut-outs show bull heads topped with double axes, found in a royal grave at Mycenae. Their shape and symbols suggest a sacred meaning, likely used in funeral rituals or sewn onto ceremonial garments.


Gold bull-head ornaments crowned with double axes from Grave IV, Mycenae
Genre:  16th century BC

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Bull-head gold cut-outs with double axes


Material: Gold Date range: 16th century BC Origin: Grave Circle A, Mycenae These bull-head...

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