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Amygdaloid seal with a bull’s head and double ax
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan III–Late Minoan I Period
about 1750–1460 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length x width x thckns.: 2 x 1.5 x .65 cm (13/16 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John Michael Rodocanachi Fund
Accession Number65.874
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionPink to dark brownish red carnelian. Amygdaloid seal; pierced vertically. Frontal bull’s head flanked by two three-pronged bunches of grass above a groundline. Above, double ax decorated with a diagonal groove on each wings. Schematic, linear style using tubular drill for bull’s forehead and muzzle. Chipped near the stringholes.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Tassos Zoumboulakis, Geneva, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Tassos Zoumboulakis, June 9, 1965