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Electrotype reproduction of gold death mask known as “The Mask of Agamemnon”, Label: “Mask of Agamemnon,” a gold foil death mask from one of the 16th-century BC Shaft Graves at Mycenae (electrotype replica). This mask was one of several excavated from Grave Circle A, but it is unusually detailed by comparison with other masks of the period. Found with the “Cup of Nestor”. Shaft Grave V, Mycenae. Middle Minoan/Helladic period., Original found in excavations at Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann, Mycenae, Shaft Graves, Grave V, 16th century B, Gift of the Association of Friends of the Otago Museum

Electrotype, Goblet

Antiquities

E75.11

Electrotype, Disc

Antiquities

E75.12

The original is from Mycenae, Grave Circle A, Shaft Grave III; and is in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Date of original est. 1600BC-1500BC

Replica of a bronze dagger with inlaid decoration which shows felines chasing aquatic birds among papyrus flowers. The original is in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens