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Lentoid seal with a cow suckling a calf
Early Aegean, Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Helladic IIB–IIIA1 Period
about 1480–1370 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Length: 19 mm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7548
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionMottled, light blue and brown chalcedony. Lentoid seal engraved in intaglio; pierced vertically. Cow in profile to right, turning her head back to watch her suckling calf, standing facing left. At upper right, a plant with eight spikes bending left. Round drill used for muzzles, eyes, hooves and joints. Chips missing in the back and near the top string hole.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Athens; said from Mycenae); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1901