Jewelry of the Hellenistic Patras of the 4th to the 2nd century. B.C. at the Archaeological Museum of Patras.
The funerary jewelry was manufactured of very thin, lightweight gold plates that adorned the dead. The subject matter of their decoration was mainly related to eschatological notions. This jewelry was particularly fragile, but their precious material had to be suitable to show the prestige and wealth of the family. A separate category of funerary jewelry with special symbolic content is funeral wreaths. They were used as emblems of the deceased’s virtue thus being associated with the moral side of his life. Oak wreaths were placed on men, myrrh wreaths were more common on women, there were also wreaths of various plants and olive trees, laurel or with trilobed leaves. Diadems, which as secular objects were symbols of power and authority, had a similar funerary use and similar symbolism. In ancient Achaia they were already known from the Mycenaean period (11th century BC onwards) but they were more widespread in the Hellenistic period. [Angeliki Kotti https://www.thepresident.gr]
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