Descrizione

These earrings 925 silver diver are thewho died in the fresco from 480 - 470 BC, now preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Paestum.

Treat yourself to a dive into history!

Characteristics
  • Material: 925 Silver
  • Weight: about 5 g
  • Dimensions: 4,8 x 1 x 0,15 cm
  • Produced in Italy 
Historical Curiosities 

The Tomb of the Diver is an artefact of the funerary art of Magna Greece of significant historical-artistic value, the only testimony of painting Greek figurative and non-vascular. The walls of the building and the covering slab itself are entirely plastered and decorated with wall painting of a figurative subject, created with the fresco technique. The man is represented in the act of diving into a stream, this scene probably symbolizes the passage from life to death.

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