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Scales (for weighing the soul)

Scales (for weighing the soul)

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Ζυγός ψυχοστασίας (EL)
Scales (for weighing the soul) (EN)
Άγνωστος Δημιουργός
Unknown creator
Μικρός χάλκινος ζυγός από τον θολωτό τάφο Βαγενά. Ενδέχεται να τοποθετήθηκε στον τάφο εν είδει ζυγού ψυχοστασίας, που ζύγιζε τις πράξεις του νεκρού (EL)
Small copper scales from Vayenas tholos tomb. It was possibly put in the tomb in order to function as a scales for weighing the soul of the deceased and his fair or unfair actions. (EN)
Κτέρισμα
Θολωτός τάφος Βαγενά
1500-1400 π.Χ. (EL)
1500-1400 B.C. (EN)
Ύστεροελλαδική Περίοδος
Late Helladic Period
2015-07-07T09:46:51Z
Μεταλλοτεχνία
The Ephorate of Antiquities of Messinia
Digital Pylia
Blegen, C., Rawson, M. et al., The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia, v. III, Princeton 1973 (EL)
Blegen, C., Rawson, M. et al., The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia, v. III, Princeton 1973 (EN)
Image
χαλκός (EL)
copper (EN)
No linguistic content
Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Μεσσηνίας (EL)
Ephorate of Antiquities of Messenia (EN)
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http://hdl.handle.net/11596/324



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