VRA Core 4 Example 8: Grave goods, jewelry cache [collection]

Collection record [refid 19]
agent	Heinrich Schliemann (German archaeologist, 1822-1890)
culturalContext	Anatolian
date	1873 (discovery) [date note] Nearly all Schliemann’s material, which was in Berlin at the end of World War II, disappeared in 1945.
description	The so-called "Priam's Treasure" is a collection of 8830 objects made of gold, electrum, silver, and bronze excavated from the mound of Hisarlik, Turkey. Original finds cataloged after Schliemann's death by the German scholar Hubert Schmidt in 1902, who classified them into 19 sub-groups identified by the Roman letters A through S.
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location	Hisarlik, Marmara, Turkey [discovery] [location note] Probably found within or just outside the walls of Troy II.
material	gold, electrum, silver, and bronze
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rights
source	Core 4 Sample Database (VCat) [source, description] Tostikov, Vladimir P.; The Gold of Troy. Searching for Homer's Fabled City, New York: H. N. Abrams, 1996
stateEdition
stylePeriod	Early Bronze Age
subject	death or burial; decorative arts; historical; Troy (Extinct city); cultural artifacts; goldwork; jewelry
technique	metalworking
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title	Priam’s Treasure [en, popular, preferred] Gold of Troy [en, descriptive, alternate]
worktype	associated concepts; property (legal concept); treasure-trove; objects; grave goods