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Lentoid seal with a double axe
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan III–Late Minoan I Period
about 1750–1460 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Burnt carnelian
Dimensions
0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Beulah H. Emmet
Accession Number1971.165
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionBurnt reddish orange carnelian. Lentoid seal; pierced vertically. Schematic double ax with two diagonal lines on each blade. Two parallel lines above and below the handle. Milky layer on the front and cracked, brown edges.
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