Even more interestingly the bronze content of the Pylos warrior's tomb mirrors that of the soon to be victorious combatant depicted on the agate. No helmet, spear or
shield appear to have accompanied him into the afterlife. The jewellery and beads also appear to bear some relation to the depicted warrior's attire.
Bronze Content
One three-foot long sword, with an ivory hilt overlaid with gold in a
rare technique imitating embroidery (found at warrior’s left chest).
Under this sword was a smaller dagger with a gold hilt employing the same technique.
Other bronze
weapons by
his legs and feet.
Bronze cups, bowls,
amphora, jugs and a basin, some with gold, some with silver trim.
Gold
Four
complete solid-gold seal
rings to be worn on a human finger. This number is more than found with any single burial elsewhere in
Greece.
Two squashed gold cups and a silver
cup with a gold
rimOne unique necklace of square box-shaped golden wires, more than 30 inches long with two gold pendants decorated with ivy leaves.
Numerous gold beads, all in perfect condition.
Precious
Stone Beads
An astonishing
hoard of over 1000 beads, most with drill holes for stringing together. The beads are of carnelian, amethyst, jasper and agate. Some beads appear to be decorations from a burial shroud of woven
fabric,
suggested by several square inches of cross woven threads which survived in the grave for 3,500 years.
It is as if the depiction on the agate is personal and portrays the entombed warrior.