A MINOAN BANDED AGATE LENTOID
A MINOAN BANDED AGATE LENTOID
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A MINOAN BANDED AGATE LENTOID

LATE MINOAN II-III, CIRCA 1430-1330 B.C.

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A MINOAN BANDED AGATE LENTOID
LATE MINOAN II-III, CIRCA 1430-1330 B.C.
¾ in. (2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Dr F. Morton-Gore and then by descent to Mrs Nina Morton-Gore, London.
Prof. E. V., London, acquired from the above in 1975.

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Engraved with the recumbent figure of a ibex with its fur very finely incised along its neck and back, its legs bent under the body. For a slightly earlier example of the motif cf. G.M. Bernheimer, Ancient Gems from the Borowski Collection, 2007, p. 17, no. B-11.

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