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Lentoid seal with a rosette
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan IIIB–Late Minoan IA Period
about 1700–1600 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Beulah H. Emmet
Accession Number1971.164
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionPink to reddish orange carnelian. Lentoid seal; pierced. Crescent-shaped ‘petals’ around a central knob. A tubular drill was used for the crescents. Cracked in several places.
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