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PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION
THREE MINOAN SEALS
MM III-LM I, CIRCA 1700-1450 B.C.
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THREE MINOAN SEALS
MM III-LM I, CIRCA 1700-1450 B.C.
All engraved with 'talismanic' devices, including: a green jasper amygdaloid with circles, semi-circles and lines in an irregular formation; a carnelian lentoid with a schematic double axe; and a carnelian amygdaloid with a schematic device
First: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) wide (3)
MM III-LM I, CIRCA 1700-1450 B.C.
All engraved with 'talismanic' devices, including: a green jasper amygdaloid with circles, semi-circles and lines in an irregular formation; a carnelian lentoid with a schematic double axe; and a carnelian amygdaloid with a schematic device
First: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) wide (3)
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1972.
Literature
J.H. Betts, Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel, X, Die schweizer Sammlungen, Berlin, 1980, no. 292 (first) and no. 291 (second).
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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