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Eight petaled rosettes and one pendant in the shape of a formalized flower. Similar rosettes have been found at Dendra, Asine, the Argive Heraion, Mycenae, Menidi, and in Crete at Phaistos.
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Title: Gilt terracotta ornaments from a necklace
Period: Late Helladic III
Date: ca. 1400–1050 BCE
Culture: Mycenaean
Medium: Terracotta, gold
Dimensions:
Diameter of rosettes 1 1/32 in. (2.7cm) with variations of c. 0.1 cm.
length of pendant 1 15/32 in. (3.7cm)
Classification: Terracottas
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1939
Object Number: 39.11.2
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