Treasury of Atreus
Title
Treasury of Atreus
Date
1300-1250 BCE
Identifier
2071
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Mycenae (deserted settlement)
Style/Period
Mycenaean
Subject
corbel vaults
tholos tombs
Description
View of conical vault at the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae, Greece. "The walls of the chamber and the long dromos (36 m. long and 6 m. wide) are lined with conglomerate ashlar blocks. The tholos or round chamber (h. 13.20 m., diam. 14.20 m.) is roofed with a conical corbel vault, having the shape of an old-fashioned beehive. A distinctive feature of the tomb is the side-chamber hewn in the rock (6 x 6 x 5 m.) ... The tholos is made of thirty-three superposed rings of conglomerate ashlar blocks, perfectly fitted so that each slightly projected beyond the edge of the one below it,"--Odyssey Ministry of Culture and Sports website.
Material/Medium
ashlar
Measurements
36 m. long and 6 m. wide.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
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ID Number
A1GRMYC2-551300BI59A1
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