Glas- und Fayenceperlen aus der Zeit der mykenischen Paläste : Aspekte einer ägäischen Schmuckindustrie / eingereicht von Georg Nightingale

• VerfasserIn: Nightingale, Georg
• Place / Publishing House: 1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: German
• Classification: 15.27 - Griechische Welt
• Physical Description: XII, 487 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.
• Notes: Abweichender Titel laut Übersetzung der Verfasserin/des Verfassers

eng: Mainly dark blue beads of faience and glass are an essential part of the Mycenaean culture during the period of the Mycenaean palaces. Simple beads are classified according to their shape (globular, flattened, ...) whereas glass relief beads - thin plaques of glass with a motif in relief on one side - can be categorized according to their motifs (plants, animals, ...). A huge variety of types exists.<br />Nevertheless certain decorative features (e.g. a net pattern made of grooves) are connected with the material glass or faience and a certain shape. The motifs of the relief beads are well defined and change little over time. Technical details of the beads and faults during production reflect the various methods used to produce the beads and the technological standard of the Mycenaeans. At the same time they can be used to define the level of the technical installations for bead production which have so far not been found in the excavations. The use of glass and faience beads together with gold jewelry and their finding circumstances allow a tentative evaluation of the value and status of glass and faience in the Mycenaean society. The *ku-wa-no-wo-ko of the linear B texts from Mycenae are probably glassworkers. Ku-wa-no in the linear B texts from Pylos (later Greek Kyanos) seems to denote dark blue glass. Simple Mycenaean beads have been found in Italy, Asia Minor and the Levant. The glass relief beads remain confined to the Aegean.