Gold diadem
Archaeological museum of Chora
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Gold diadem
1399 BCE – 1200 BCE
Archaeological museum of Chora
palace of Nestor, trench W31, near the Northeastern Building, Ano Englianos, Chora
Length: 17 cm x Width: 3.93 cm
Τhree mended leaves of a gold diadem. Found in a test trench near the Northeastern Building at the palace of Nestor. One of the diadem ends is preserved in one of leaves, with a hole that facilitated its attachment to the head. They are decorated with stippled decoration of zig zags, succesive semicircles, rosettes and papyrus leaves or mycenaean flower.