CASE K. Lentoid seal showing bull caught in net

Accession Number AN1938.1018
Year 1600 - 1450 BCE
Dimensions dia 1.8 cm
Medium haematite
Location Ashmolean Museum
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This seal shows a bull caught in a net. There are a number of examples of nets used to catch cattle in Aegean Bronze Age iconography, notably on a gold cup from Vapheio in mainland Greece.

Bibliography

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 29

Hughes-Brock, Helen and Boardman, John. 2009. Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals VI: Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum, no. 408