Seal Ownership in relation to Funerary Wealth: The Case of the Dendra, Kazarma, and Routsi Burials

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Seal Ownership in relation to Funerary Wealth: The Case of the Dendra, Kazarma, and Routsi Burials Eleni Drakaki, Ph.D. AIA New York Society ([email protected])

Transcript of Seal Ownership in relation to Funerary Wealth: The Case of the Dendra, Kazarma, and Routsi Burials

Seal Ownership in relation to Funerary

Wealth: The Case of the Dendra, Kazarma, and

Routsi BurialsEleni Drakaki, Ph.D.

AIA New York Society ([email protected])

Map of Argolid with Late Bronze Age Sites (source: Mountjoy, 1999: Fig. 8)

Map of Messenia with Late Bronzed Age Sites (source: Mountjoy, 1999: Fig. 103)

DENDRA TRAG ANA ROUTSITT BURIAL

CHAM BER SIZE 41.83 ? 19.62

G OLD VESSELS 1 0 0SILVER VESSELS 3 2 0BRONZE VESSELS 1 0 0BRONZE SW ORDS 5 1 XBRONZE SPEARS 4 0 1BRONZE KNIVES 2 1 X

M ETAL FING ER RING S 3 0 0

HELM ET 1 1 0STONE

PENDANTS 2 0 0BRONZE DAG G ERS 0 2 0BRONZE M IRRORS 0 0 1AM BER

NECKLACE 0 0 1

? = UnknownX = Unspecified Quantity

Quantities and Types of Seals in each Burial    

DENDRA KAZARM A ROUTSILENTOID 6 3 9CYLINDER 0 3 2PRISM 0 1 0

AM YG DALOID 0 1 1TOTAL 6 8 12

 Diversity of Materials of Seals in each Burial

DENDRA KAZARM A ROUTSIAGATE 1 0 3ONYX 2 0 0LAPIS LACED 3 0 0SARDONYX 0 0 2CARNELIAN 0 3 5GLASS 0 2 1AM ETHYST 0 2 0SARD 0 1 0GOLD 0 0 1TOTAL 3 4 5

CMS I 185

CMS I 187 CMS I 187

CMS I 186

CMS I 183CMS I 182

The Dendra Collection

The Kazarma Collection

CMS V2 586CMS V2 578

CMS V2 579 CMS V2 580

CMS V2 582

CMS V2 583 CMS V2 584 CMS V2 585

The Routsi Collection

CMS I 275 CMS I 276CMS I 281 CMS I 277

CMS I 278 CMS I 286 CMS I 284

CMS I 279 CMS 282 CMS I 280 CMS I 285

The “King’s Great Seal”

Shape: Lentoid Material: OnyxDiameter: 4.0 cm