Inscribed silver plate from tomb II at Vergina - Chronological implications

Gill, David W. J. (2008) Inscribed silver plate from tomb II at Vergina - Chronological implications. Hesperia, 77 (2). pp. 335-358. ISSN 0018-098X

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Abstract

Five items of silver plate from tomb II at Vergina are inscribed with their ancient weights. The inscriptions, using the acrophonic and alphabetic systems, suggest that the pieces were made to a drachma weight of ca. 4.2 g. This weight of drachma was introduced to Macedonia by Alexander the Great and does not appear to have been used by Philip II. The inscriptions on the silver add to the cumulative evidence provided by the cremated remains, black-gloss saltcellars, and iconography of the lion-hunt frieze that tomb II was the final resting place not of Philip II, but of Philip III Arrhidaios and Adea Eurydike.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	philip-ii,barrel-vault,consequences,ancient,diadem,koroni,again
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Centres > Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2020 23:50
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2023 23:52
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76327
DOI:	10.2972/hesp.77.2.335

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