Seal (Object)
75-10-2
From: Greece | Messenia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 75-10-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Greece | Messenia |
| Period | Late Minoan Period | Late Helladic Period |
| Date Made | 1500-1200 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Goat |
| Description | Red and brown agate. Lentoid. On one of the two convex sides is intaglio are two rampant goats posed opposite directions outward, but each with head facing back (inward) toward the other. In space between their bodies a triple leaved plant. The sealstone is pierced by a small hole for suspension in a plane parallel to the goats and in their vertical axis. |
| Thickness | 0.95 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 2.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Rodney S. Young, 1975 |
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