3rd century BCE, Macedonia, Greece. length: 0.42 m
Archaeological Museum of Avdira
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a piece of jewelry whose use is known mainly from its depictions in art. It consists of a central medallion, held crosswise by four bands, at the ends of which there are holes for attaching them to straps. The medal consists of a golden ellipsoidal sling decorated with an inset semi-precious stone (granat), in which the citharist Apollo is depicted in concave form in front of a tripod. The two lower straps were fitted with pendants (chains holding beads), while the bands are decorated with sprigs and moments. This jewel was worn on the chest, usually without clothing, so that its central element was between the breasts and the bands were brought towards the shoulders and waist. This way is known from figurines, which usually represent the goddess Aphrodite. The periamma of Abdira [Το περίαμμα των Αβδήρων] is the product of antiquarianism and the circumstances of its discovery are not known. It was confiscated by the police authorities in 1967 and entered the Archaeological Museum of Kavala, where it was exhibited until 1995. http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/4/gh430.jsp?obj_id=6283
Lit.:
Gicheva-Meimari, Rossitsa (2018) Бакла в каталог с мистериални орфико-питагорейски забрани от района на Смирна = Cyamos in a Catalogue of Orphic-Pythagorean Prohibitions in a Mystery Cult of Bromios at Smyrna.
Gicheva-Meimari, Rossitsa (2011) Crossbands on the Chest: Religious Realia in Ancient and Byzantine Thrace https://www.academia.edu/31552797/Crossbands_on_the_Chest_Religious_Realia_in_Ancient_and_Byzantine_Thrace
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