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Amygdaloid seal with a jug and branches
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan III–Late Minoan I Period
about 1750–1460 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Jasper
Dimensions
Length x width x depth: 2.2 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm (7/8 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Beulah H. Emmet
Accession Number1971.163
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionDark green jasper. Amygdaloid seal; pierced horizontally. Footed ewer with s-shaped handle on a groundline. At left, upright branch and blade-shaped vegetal motif. At right, upright branch. Above the handle, reversed branch. Two zigzagging parallel lines in the exergue. Linear style with tubular drill used for the ewer’s belly, and top and bottom curves of the handle. Two small chips are missing in the back near the stringhole.
ProvenanceBy 1928: Mrs. Beulah H. Emmet Collection (one of a group of gems [MFA 1971.159-.176] acquired on Crete from Mr. Kephalogiannis in 1928, according to M. H. Wiencke, AJA 73 [1969], p. 33); gift of Mrs. Beulah H. Emmet to MFA, April 14, 1971