Pear- or bottle-shaped, black steatite loop signet (Petschafte) seal: on the face of the signet a scorpion

Details

• Title

  Pear- or bottle-shaped, black steatite loop signet (Petschafte) seal: on the face of the signet a scorpion

• Associated place

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

• Date

  Middle Minoan I Period (c. 2100 - c. 1900 BC)

• Material and technique

  stone (steatite)

• Object type

  communications equipment › seal

• Dimensions

  2.8 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.

  AN1938.776

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