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The so-called 'Treasury of Atreus,' located SW of Citadel
| View | General view |
| Site | Mycenae |
| Location | Greece |
| Date | ca. 1300-1250 BC |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Period | Mycenaean |
| Material | conglomerate stone |
| Dimensions | Tholos: 13.20 m h, 14.20 diam. |
| Add'l. Info. | The Dromos (entry passage) is 36m long, 6m wide. At N side of Tholos (a conical corbel vault) is a side chamber cut into the rock. |
| Saskia No. | Jga-0087 |
| Source | Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 6, plate 18 |
| Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, 2nd ed., chapter 4, plate 23 | |
| Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 4, plate 20 | |
| Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., chapter 1, plate 64 |
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