Treasury of Atreus
Title
Treasury of Atreus
Date
1300-1250 BCE
Identifier
5552
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Mycenae (deserted settlement)
Style/Period
Late Bronze Age
Subject
tholos tombs
dromoi
Description
View of the entry to the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae. "Subterranean circular chamber with a corbelled dome (hence also called "beehive tombs"), small adjacent rock-cut chamber and level dromos or access way leading to the side of the hill ... Largest and best preserved of the 9 tholos tombs at Mycenae. Believed to be one of the latest built. In Pausanias' time thought to have served originally as a treasury,"--Perseus Digital Library.
Material/Medium
stone (worked rock)
Measurements
Tholos is 14.60 meters in diameter, 13.40 meters high
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
39
Copyright Statement
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ID Number
GPB-ROM6-1297
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