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Amygdaloid seal with bull's skull (bucranium)
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan III–Late Minoan I Period
about 1800–1430 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length x width: 18 x 15 mm (11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.484
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionIntaglio. Pierced for stringing (horizontal). Motif oriented horizontally. A bull's skull (bucranium) with detached round eyes, under schematic, arched horsn. Above, a flying fish and on either side of the bucranium; under the horns, small plants. Drilled detail.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Euripides Sepheriades; purchased by MFA from Euripides Sepheriades, May 8, 1963