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A Prehistoric Figurine from Mycenae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

S. Diamant
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The following article by Mr. Steven Diamant of the American School of Classical Studies concerns a stone figurine that came to light in 1962 in the House with the Idols or, as the site was called in 1962, the Citadel House. Mr. Diamant did not take part in the 1962 excavations, so some mention of the context of the find is necessary.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 69 , November 1974 , pp. 103 - 107
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1974

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Acknowledgements. To Lord William Taylour my first thanks are due for his generosity and kindness both in allowing me to publish the pendent figurine and in the attendant details of study and writing. Eugene Vanderpool Jr. took and developed the photographs. Karen Vitelli made the drawings. Both she and Jeremy Rutter commented on various drafts of the paper. To all of them I offer my sincere thanks as well.

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