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164404: Siegel CMS VI 273

Iraklio (Regionalbezirk), Knossos

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Object information: seal

Identification:

CMS-no.: VI 273
Inventory no.: 1938.0977
Museum/Collection: GB-Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Provenience:

Country of discovery: Griechenland
Find spot: Knossos?, Temenus
Plot/Excavation site: nein
Find spot: nein
Type of find spot: nein
Context dating: nein
Area: Kreta?

Form:

Seal form: Herzform
Number of seal surfaces: 1
Seal surface curvature: fettkonvex
Seal surface outline: rautenförmig?
Seal - minor side: nein
Type of perforation: über der Basis

Material & Technique:

Material: Amethyst
Material group: harter Stein
Manufacturing technique: Rad
Other details: nein

Measurements & Preservation:

Length: 1.45
Width: 1.15
Thickness: 0.6
Condition: normal
Fragment: nein

General information about decor:

Decor type: figürlich
Composition: spiegelsymmetrische Zweiteilung mit Abweichung
Group: nein
Plot: nein
Other decor: undefinierbares Motiv

Stylistic classification:

Stylistic group: Cut Style
Stylistic dating: SB I-SB II
Chronological period: spät

Ornaments:

Macro-ornament: nein
Standard ornament: nein

Characters:

Lettering / Inscription: nein

Figurative motifs excepting creatures:

Topography: nein
Plants: nein
Symbols: nein
Furniture/Constructions: nein
Tools: nein

Creature number 1 :

Type of creature: Lebewesen Tier Vogel
Creatures: Vogel
Standard view: frontal
Direction of head: vorwärts
Direction of neck: nein
Sexual characteristics: nein
Reduced image: nein
Pose: undefinierbar
Clothing: nein