Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese - University of Nottingham

Marioanna Louka
number of accessories should be a local variation. 10 Moreover, it is interesting
to note that this very type of jewellery crossed generations, as this clearly
popular, or at the very least outstanding, adornment is worn by the ‘Lyon
kore’ (FIG. 6), dated to approximately 540 BC. This fine, stout young woman is
represented holding a pigeon and wears elaborate garments and jewellery. 11
FIG. 5. Pair of earrings representing a Potnia
Theron. Athens, Stathatos Collection.
Presumed provenance from Argos, third
quarter of the 7 th century BC.
FIG. 6 . The ‘Lyon Kore’, approx. 540 BC.
The gold pendant which follows (height 2.8 cm) is dated by its context to
the last quarter of the 7 th century BC and comes from Argos (unfortunately
according only to the testimony of the seller to the Stathatos Collection). It
belongs to the long range of vase-shaped accessories which have been very
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This tradition begins in 9 th century Lefkandi and became standard with a form having one
conical end, which was to have a long development in the course of the centuries to come.
From the second quarter of the 4th century BC, added decorative motifs are introduced in
filigree (anthemia, helixes, etc.), something which naturally affects the clarity of the forms,
while introducing at the same time an almost architectural perception, the body of the
ornament being crowned with pediments and anthemia.
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Boardman 1982, fig. 110.
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