Seal depicting the 'Master of animals' a youthful god laying his hands on the heads of two attendant lions

Details

• Title

  Seal depicting the 'Master of animals' a youthful god laying his hands on the heads of two attendant lions

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete › Chania › Chania (Kydonia) (find spot)

• Date

  Late Minoan II Period - Late Minoan III Period (c. 1450 - c. 1090 BC)

• Material and technique

  stone (agate)

• Object type

  communications equipment › seal

• Dimensions

  2.12 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1938.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 20 | Aegean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1938.1054

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