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Both the diadem and the adjacent ring were found together in a tomb of the island of Ithaka.
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Title: Gold cross-strap diadem with a Herakles knot set with five garnets
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 300–250 BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Gold, garnet
Dimensions:
width as mounted 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
total H. as mounted 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
length of straps 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
H. of Herakles knot 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Classification: Gold and Silver
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1958
Accession Number: 58.11.5
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