Atreus: threshold showing wedge construction and removal of small poros wedges, 1921

Item

Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/3/1/10/15

Atreus: threshold showing wedge construction and removal of small poros wedges

Scope and Contents

From the File:

The ‘Treasury of Atreus’ belongs to the third group of tholoi at Mycenae, as categorised by A. J. B. Wace, dating to ca. 1300 BC. A. J. B. Wace and his team made preliminary, exploratory tests in 1920 and 1921 to establish the date of the tomb. A full investigation of the edifice, and an excavation of the ‘bothros’ (waste pit) that bisected the dromos, was carried out in 1939.

Dates

Creation: 1921

Creator

From the Fonds: Wace, Alan John Bayard, 1879-1957 (archaeologist) (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

1 photographic print(s) (1 photographic print)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

H. 11.8 x W. 9 cm. Contact print.

Bibliography

Holland, L. B., and Wace, A. J. B. (1923). § IX.—The Tholos Tombs. The Annual of the British School at Athens, 25, 283–402, p. 348, Fig. 73, a Wace, A. (1949). Mycenae, an archaeological history and guide. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. Illus. 43, b