mould

Object Number

SMS1160

Name

mould

Description

Fragment of steatite mould for making ornaments. Grey-green serpentine. The fragment represents only one corner

the complete mould having most probably been shaped like a thin brick like that from the Citadel House at Mycenae. The edges do not quite form true right angles

and the rough surface of the narrow end leads one to suspect that part has been cut away. Probably

then

this mould was altered during its working life

like a number of others. On the underside one small corner remains of a rectangular ribbed depression. The top side bears part of two depressions for making trochus-shell (beehive) ornaments

one of which has six whorls while the other

a little smaller

seems to have had only five. The presence of two hollows of the same pattern no doubt served to speed production.

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1958

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

58/120

262

53

EMu IRN

45290