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Lentoid seal with a bull-man

Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan II–IIIA Period
about 1470–1315 B.C.

Medium/Technique Hematite
Dimensions Length: 18 mm (11/16 in.)
Credit Line John Wheelock Elliot and John Morse Elliot Fund
Accession Number68.544
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionHematite. Lentoid seal; pierced vertically. Bull-man somersaulting to right. The creature presents the legs of a man clad in a kilt indicated with parallel lines and a recurving torso and head of a bull in profile. The spine, shoulder and chest of the bull are accentuated with a line. The forelegs are indicated with two parallel lines ending in conical, drilled hooves. Three drilled holes represent the eye, muzzle and cheek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Euripides Sepheriades; purchased by MFA from Euripides Sepheriades, September 11, 1968