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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 3183618, member: 37707&quot;]I&#039;m sure the answers you&#039;re looking for were probably lost in the Library of Alexandria fires and other manuscript collections that were destroyed. The best we can do now is conjecture based off our understanding of their culture and the quality of work. I would think they weren&#039;t held as slaves; but their trade craft may have been kept in secrecy or under pseudonyms. Imagine how valuable a kidnapped Celator could be.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Minoan gem engravers were doing it before it was cool; 1000 years before The Sicilians and 800 years before coins. This example rivals, if not surpasses, anything produced by Euainetos. I wonder if the Classical Greeks new what their Mycenaean ancestors were capable of or if the knowledge was lost in the Bronze Age Collapse. It would have probably created a cult following.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind this bead is only 34 mm wide. Agate is much more difficult to engrave as compared to something as malleable as silver/gold.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.world-archaeology.com/world/europe/greece/object-lesson-the-pylos-combat-agate/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.world-archaeology.com/world/europe/greece/object-lesson-the-pylos-combat-agate/" rel="nofollow">The Pylos Combat Agate</a> , circa 1450 BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]820781[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]820777[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]820778[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>- Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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