Four-sided prism seal carved with a Cretan Hieroglyphic inscription

Details

• Title

  Four-sided prism seal carved with a Cretan Hieroglyphic inscription

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete (find spot)

  Europe › Greece › Attica › Central Athens › Athens (place of purchase)

• Date

  Middle Minoan II Period - Middle Minoan III Period (c. 1900 - c. 1700 BC)

• Material and technique

  agate

• Object type

  communications equipment › seal

• Dimensions

  2.2 cm (length)
  0.7 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Revd. G.J. Chester, 1889.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1889.998

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