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Lentoid seal with a goddess and a quadruped
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic I–II Period or Modern
about 1690–1390 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Steatite
Dimensions
Length: 18 mm (11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Theodoros Zoumpoulakis
Accession Number60.1466
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionGray steatite. Intalgio. Pierced for stringing (horizontal) but perforation does not go all the way through. Goddess standing at left, wearing Minoan wide skirt, grabs a quadraped, who is rearing back, facing away from the goddess. Head, and arm of goddess unclear. (dubitanda in CMS XIII)
ProvenanceBy 1960: with Theodoros Zoumpoulakis (said to be from near Mycenae); gift of Theodoros Zoumpoulakis to MFA, December 14, 1960