Grotesque bald male head
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Funerary monument of aurifex (fragment)

Golden mask 'of Agamemnon'

Classification
mummy mask, funerary mask
Culture
Mycenaean
Dimensions
height: 26 cm, width: 17 cm
Date
16th century B.C.
Period
Mycenaean Period (1600–1100); Late Helladic Period (1700/1600–1100)
Material
gold
Iconography
human face; male head
Findspot
Mycenae; Grave Circle A; Shaft Grave V; burial
Present location
Athens, National Archaeological Museum
Inventory
624
ID
Per-2041
Year of discovery
1876

See the object on the website of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Lexicon
Grave circle A and B at Mycenae
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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.