Amfissa_Memory_Game_Content - Archaeological Site of Delphi

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Earring in the form of a lion’s head

It was found in a tomb in Amphissa and constitutes a significant creation of minor arts, as it combines different decoration techniques, such as granulation and engraving. This specific type was particularly widespread in its time. It dates from the 2nd c. BC.

Gold hair coils (sphekoteres)

Spiral ornament. Hair coils were made of bronze or silver and, aside from fixing the hair, they were also used for its adornment. These hair coils were unearthed at a female burial in Amphissa. They are dated between the 9th and the 8th c. BC.

Rattle

It took the form of a terracotta figurine of a dove. Zoomorphic figurines often functioned as children’s toys and, more frequently, accompanied infants in graves. This figurine has been classified as a rattle, since its interior contained pellets producing noise when shaken. It was found in a child’s burial in Amphissa and dates between the 5th and the 4th c. BC.

Cameo depicting the head of Dionysos

from a house in Amphissa. On the site where the cameo was recovered, some of the walls featured painted decoration, while other objects were also found associated with the life of its residents, such as sympotic vases and loom weights. These pieces of evidence indicate that in that house lived an affluent family. It dates between the 1st c. BC and the 1st c. AD.

Head of a female figurine with hair bound in the knidian style

from Amphissa. The hairstyle of the cult statue of Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles became so popular that it was copied in minor arts, while the style in which the goddess’s hair was plaited owes its name to the statue. Already during the Hellenistic period, coroplasts were often inspired by themes of monumental sculpture. It dates between the 3rd and the 2nd c. BC.