Signet ring decorated with a papyrus plant and an ivy leaf

Details

• Title

  Signet ring decorated with a papyrus plant and an ivy leaf

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete › Heraklion › Knossos (district) (find spot)

• Date

  Late Minoan I Period - Late Minoan II Period (c. 1700 - c. 1400 BC)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy

• Object type

  communications equipment › seal;

  personal ornament › jewellery › finger-ring › signet-ring

• Dimensions

  2.2 cm (length)

• 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.

  AN1938.1053

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