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“The Secrets of the Treasury” at the Archaeological Museum of Patras

Jewelry of the Hellenistic Patras of the 4th to the 2nd century. B.C. at the Archaeological Museum of Patras.

Gold bracelet with plant decoration of the late archaic-classical period. Photo Archaeological Museum of Patras
Heavy earring with the multi-leaf rosette and pyramid pendant.
Patras, Hellenistic times. Photo Archaeological Museum of Patras
Gold earring with a Sphinx.
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Golden periapto with a young horseman from the Hellenistic period. Photo Archaeological Museum of Patras https://www.lifo.gr
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Gold fibula, a pin was used primarily to hold the garments and secondarily to arrange the hem. The most common type was a cylindrical wire rod, with one end pointed and the top wider and decorated.
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Gold earring with a medusa and winged flying Nike of the Hellenistic times. Photo Archaeological Museum of Patras
Gold earring with a Hellenistic era Eros hologlyph.
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Gold Hellenistic periaptus with a head of Medusa. She looks to her left, so as not to petrify the viewer.
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Gold disc with a female head
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Gold ring with a seahorse intaglio, the Hellenistic period. Photo Archaeological Museum of Patras 
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Gold ring from the Hellenistic period
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Gold earring with hanging amphora and chains, from the Hellenistic period. Photo Archaeological Museum of Patras
Silver bracelet in the form of a snake with gold-plated ends. Photo Archaeological Museum of Patras
Gold ring with a snake head shaped finials.
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Gold ring with carved crowned head. Photo Archaeological Museum of Patras
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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]

Gold diadems of Mycenaean and Hellenistic times.
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Złota biżuteria z pochówku młodej kobiety, Patras, II wiek pne

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