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TITLE OF WORK: Gold band diadem, probably representing a Dionysiac thiasos (performing group for the god Dionysos)
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, hammered gold strip
DATE: -315
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 29 cm length x 1.8 cm width
COMMENTS: Found in a grave at Amphipolis. The diadem bears holes for tying it on the head with a ribbon. 23 figures, among them Maenads and girls dancers with Kalathiskos on their heads
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece
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