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A death-mask, it was made from a thick sheet of metal hammered against a wooden background, with the details chased on later with a sharp tool. It illustrates the dignified image of a man with an oblong face, wide forehead, long fine nose and tightly closed thin lips. The eyebrows, mustache and beard are indicated with repouss? parallel lines. Two holes near the ears were used to hold the mask in place with twine over the deceased's face. The five gold masks discovered in Mycenae's Grave Circle A were probably made for rulers. This one, the only mask showing a bearded man, stands out for its elegance and the intensity of the facial characteristics.</div></div> <br> </span><td width=10><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=20><tr><td colspan=4><img height=13 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1></table><tr><td width=20><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=20><td width=563><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=563><tbody><tr><td colspan=2 width=563><table background=/0/greenlight_bg.gif border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tbody><tr><td height=22 width=10><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=10><td align=left class=whiteboldtitle valign=middle width=563>Exhibit Features</table><tr><td colspan=2><img height=5 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td colspan=2><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=380><tbody><tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td class=textSMnormal width=5><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=5><td align=left class=textSM10px valign=top width=154>Date:<td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=top width=221>Late Bronze Age, 16th century B.C.<tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td colspan=3><img height=1 src=/0/horline_380.gif width=380><tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td class=textSMnormal width=5><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=5><td align=left class=textSM10px valign=top width=154>Place of discovery:<td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=top width=221>Mykines<tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td colspan=3><img height=1 src=/0/horline_380.gif width=380><tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td class=textSMnormal width=5><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=5><td align=left class=textSM10px valign=top width=154>Dimensions:<td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=top width=221>width: 0,017 m, height: 0,025 m, weight: 168,5 gr<tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td colspan=3><img height=1 src=/0/horline_380.gif width=380><tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td class=textSMnormal width=5><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=5><td align=left class=textSM10px valign=top width=154>Material:<td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=top width=221>Gold<tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td colspan=3><img height=1 src=/0/horline_380.gif width=380><tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td class=textSMnormal width=5><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=5><td align=left class=textSM10px valign=top width=154>Inventory number:<td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=top width=221>624<tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td colspan=3><img height=1 src=/0/horline_380.gif width=380><tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td class=textSMnormal width=5><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=5><td align=left class=textSM10px valign=top width=154>Exhibition hole:<td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=top width=221>Exhibition hall 4<tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td colspan=3><img height=1 src=/0/horline_380.gif width=380><tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td class=textSMnormal width=5><img height=1 src=/0/spacer.gif width=5><td align=left class=textSM10px valign=top width=154>Copyright:<td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=top width=221>Hellenic Mnistry of Culture<tr><td colspan=3><img height=3 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td colspan=3><img height=1 src=/0/horline_380.gif width=380><tr><td colspan=3> </table></table><td width=20> <tr><td width=20> <td><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tbody><tr><td width=563><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 height=22><tbody><tr><td background=/0/downfasa_inf_bg.gif width=10> <td align=left background=/0/downfasa_inf_bg.gif class=informtdcontwhitesmall colspan=2 valign=middle width=563>Suggestive Bibliography<tr><td colspan=3 height=2><img height=2 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td width=10> <td align=center valign=top width=20><div align=left><img height=7 src=/0/bullet.gif vspace=7 width=7></div><td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=middle width=543>Karo G., Die Schachtgraber von Mykenai, Munchen, 1930, 121, taf. LI<tr><td colspan=3 height=2><img height=2 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td width=10> <td align=center valign=top width=20><div align=left><img height=7 src=/0/bullet.gif vspace=7 width=7></div><td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=middle width=543>Blegen C.W., "Early Greek Portraits", AJA 66, Munchen, (1962), pp. 245-247, fig. 62.6<tr><td colspan=3 height=2><img height=2 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td width=10> <td align=center valign=top width=20><div align=left><img height=7 src=/0/bullet.gif vspace=7 width=7></div><td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=middle width=543>Δημακοπούλου Κ. (επιμ.), Τροία, Μυκήνες, Τίρυνς, Ορχομενός. Εκατό χρόνια από το θάνατο του Ερρίκου Σλήμαν, Αθήνα, 1990, σσ. 139-140, αρ. 1<tr><td colspan=3 height=2><img height=2 src=/0/spacer.gif width=1><tr><td width=10> <td align=center valign=top width=20><div align=left><img height=7 src=/0/bullet.gif vspace=7 width=7></div><td align=left class=textSMgreen10px valign=middle width=543>Το Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο, Αθήνα, 1999, σ. 20</table></table><td width=20> <tr><td colspan=3> </table><script>document.write('        </td>');
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