No. 354. Gold Model of a shoulder belt (τελαμών). Sepulchre IV. Size 3:16, about.
AMBER BEADS.
At the left side of the head of the middle body of the three which lay with the heads turned to the east, I found a heap of more than 400 large and small beads of amber, of which I represent eight (No. 355). About the same number of similar amber beads were found with one of the bodies the head of which lay to the north. All these amber beads had, no doubt, been strung on thread in the form of necklaces, and their presence in the tombs among such large treasures of golden ornaments seems to prove that amber was very precious and was considered as a magnificent ornament in the time of the early Mycenean kings.
No. 355. Amber Necklace-beads. Sepulchre IV. Actual size.
Among the finest objects found in this tomb were a vase and three handles of alabaster, which are put together in the engraving (No. 356). Each of the handles has two or three perforations by which they were attached to the vase, on which similar perforations are found. But, judging by the smallness of the perforations, which are only large enough for slight pins, the fragility of the elaborate handles, and the heaviness of the vase itself, we become convinced that it can never have been used for anything else than an ornament, and that it can never even have been lifted up by the handles.
No. 356. A large three-handled Vase of Alabaster. Re-composed from the Fragments. Sepulchre IV. Half-size.
CURIOUS GOLDEN DIADEMS.