Inventory: |
82822 |
Shape: |
Stamp seal: lentoid shape, with horizontal passing-hole |
Motif: |
On the carved face a variant of the "talismanic" motif, perhaps belonging to the "Cretan Popular Group": a very stylized bird with flying wings. The head of the animal is moved toward right of its body. Splits along the hole and below the right wing |
Provenance: |
Crete (?), acquired in Crete in 1906 |
Measure: |
Diameter 1.5 x 1.4; Thickness; Hole Diameter 0.2 |
Chronology: |
Late Minoan I-II (?) |
Material: |
Black steatite |
Bibliography: |
Laviosa 1969: 14 no. 13, Tav. IV; CMS XI 281; Jasink 2009: 85 (CR. 218) |