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MycenaeLionGate

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Image ID :	450472612
View/Description :	Detail of the "relieving triangle" above the gate with relief of lionesses and column
Image Date :	2007
Image Creator :	Xerones
Notes :	Black and white photograph
Rights Owner :	Xerones
Image Source :	http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerones/450472612/
URL to larger image :	http://www.flickr.com/photos/xerones/450472612/sizes/o/

Image ID :	jga0076
View/Description :	View of the entire gate with approach and Cyclopeian walls
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Image Creator :	Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
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Rights Owner :	Saskia, Ltd. (http://www.saskia.com/)
Image Source :	http://www.scholarsresource.com/browse/work/7177
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Work ID :	MycenaeLionGate
Title :	Lion Gate
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Date (of work) :	c1200 BC
Location/Site :	Greece [TGN] Mycenae [TGN]
GIS Coordinates :	+37.730833+22.756111/
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Description :	triangular-shaped, corbelled opening filled with a stone panel carved in relief of two lionesses facing a central column
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Work Type :	Sculpture Architecture bas-reliefs (sculpture) [AAT] reliefs (sculpture) [AAT] sculpture (visual work) [AAT]
Measurements :	3.1 m [DOOR JAMB HEIGHT] 10 ft [DOOR JAMB HEIGHT] 4.9 x 1.06 x 2.4 m [LINTEL] 16 ft x 3 ft 6 in x 8 ft [LINTEL]
Material :	stone
Technique :	Relief
Style/Period/ Group/Movement :	Aegaean Mycenaean [AAT]
Cultural Context :	Late Helladic [AAT]
Subject :	city gates [AAT] gates [AAT]
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Text Reference :	Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture (Nineteenth Edition, 1987), p. 98 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Gate
Keywords :	colossal, animal, fortification, walled city
Notes :	Two lionesses flanking a central column form a relieving triangle above the main entrance through the citadel wall; Mycenae is a UNESCO World Heritage Site