Drawing of beads from Tomb 517, unsigned but attributed to P. de Jong. Scale 1:1.

Drawing of an amethyst sealstone depicting a bull and a pole or spear, unsigned but attributed to P. de Jong.

Drawing of a carnelian sealstone, depicting a bull and a figure leaping over the bull, from Tomb 518. Unsigned but attributed to P. de Jong.

Drawing of the intaglio design of two wild goats on the bezel of a gold signet ring from Tomb 520. Unsigned but attributed to P. de Jong.

Drawing of an agate sealstone 'engraved with a design of two addorsed and rampant quadrupeds (lions? goats?)' from Tomb 535 and its lentoid profile. Unsigned but in the style of P. de Jong. Scale 2:1.

Drawing of Octopus pot neck detail from Tomb 529, 'Vase, no. 21'. Excavation number 1920/23-423? Drawn by P. de Jong, unsigned.

Drawing of the Vaphio cup base (excavation number 20/23-892), unsigned but attributed to P. de Jong.Scale 1:1.

Drawing of the upper part of a terracotta figurine, showing the front and back views, excavated 'between west wall, South House, and Acropolis wall'. Unsigned but attributed to P. de Jong.

Drawing of LH III carved wood fragment, Atreus design, from House of Sphinxes. Signed 'P. de Jong'. Scale 'actual size'.

Drawing of LH III wood fragment carved with scale pattern from the House of Shields. Signed 'PIET de JONG'. Scale 'actual size'.

2 drawings of LH III wooden plaque fragment with ivy leaf pattern from the House of Shields. Unsigned, attributed by EBWF to P. de Jong.
i: drawing of the wooden fragment, scale actual size, and a reconstruction of that fragment.
ii: initial rough sketch of the reconstruction.

These five watercolours were created by P. de Jong in 1955, to document and reconstruct the imagery painted on Mycenaean plaster flooring. The brightly coloured frescoes were excavated beneath the southern end of the main corridor of the House of the Oil Merchant in 1950, part of the complex of ‘Ivory Houses’ outside of the citadel. This building had functioned as a mix of domestic, workshop and administrative space early in the 13th century BCE.

This file gathers together drawings of excavated objects that share the feature of being made from high status and precious materials. All the faience objects illustrated here, and a rhyton made of steatite, were excavated in the House of Shields, one of the ‘Ivory Houses’ outside the citadel. Additionally, a tiny brass wing inlaid with gold and silver, found in the House of Lead on the Atreus ridge, rounds off this ensemble.

This eclectic small group of drawings illustrate either artefacts excavated at Mycenae and Tiryns during Schliemann’s excavations in the 19th century or Mycenaean objects excavated by archaeologists at Korakou in the Peloponnese and Phylakopi on the Cycladic island of Melos. A. J. B. Wace used these pictorial studies to inform his research, as comparanda for objects he himself was excavating at Mycenae.

Plan and section drawing in ink of Epano Phournos tomb, sgned by P. de Jong. Scale 1 cm = 1 m. Draft sketch of this drawing in pencil on v.

Drawing of faience fragment with lion and griffin 53-362, from the House of Shields. Drawn and signed by P. de Jong. Scale 2:1.

Drawing of fragment of faience rhyton with warrior, from the House of Shields. Drawn and signed by P. de jong. Scale 1:1.
On the v. is a pencil sketch on a gouache ground of 2 sphinxes.

Drawing of faience handle 53-312 from the House of Shields. Drawn and signed by P. de Jong. Scale 1:1.

Drawing of faience lotus bowl 55-216 from the House of Shields. Drawn and signed by P. de Jong. Scale 1:1.

Drawing of faience stemmed bowl 53-311 from the House of Shields. Drawn and signed by P. de Jong. Scale 1:1.

Drawing of faience warrior fragment 55-213 from the House of Shields. Drawn and signed by P. de Jong. Scale 1:1.

Undated copy of P. de Jong's sketch restoration of Grave Circle A just after its completion.

Sketch restoration of Grave Circle A, originally drawn by P. de Jong and revised here by G. Dexter to include the first stage of the Granary. This is a proof copy for A. J. B. Wace's 'Mycenae', 1949; the sketch is unsigned but attributed to Dexter in AJBW's autograph hand.

Plan of Hellenistic Houses over South House, Mycenae. Unsigned but attributed to P. de Jong. Scale 1 cm = 1 m

Piet de Jong sends his best wishes for Christmas and New Year. He tells Wace about his change of address.

The postcard shows the ascent of the Prophet Muhammad to Heaven, from a Persian MS. It is from the British Museum.