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TWO MINOAN/MYCENAEAN LENTOIDS
LM/LH II-III, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
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TWO MINOAN/MYCENAEAN LENTOIDS
LM/LH II-III, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
One of carnelian engraved with a running bull, its head turned back and facing frontal; and one of amethyst engraved with two running animals, perhaps bulls, antithetically disposed, one with its head turned back
First: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) wide (2)
LM/LH II-III, CIRCA 1450-1200 B.C.
One of carnelian engraved with a running bull, its head turned back and facing frontal; and one of amethyst engraved with two running animals, perhaps bulls, antithetically disposed, one with its head turned back
First: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1972.
Literature
J.H. Betts, Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel, X, Die schweizer Sammlungen, Berlin, 1980, no. 296 (first) and no. 295 (second).
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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