CASE K. Seal showing Minoan Genius leading a bull

Accession Number AN1938.1040
Year 1600 - 1400 BCE
Dimensions dia 2.2 cm
Medium lapis lacedamonius
Location Ashmolean Museum
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This seal shows a ‘Minoan Genius’ leading a bull. The Minoan Genius is a type of monster which appears frequently in Minoan iconography, derived from the Egyptian deity Tawaret. This seal was first published in 1831 and purchased by Evans in 1887.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1935. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, IV, p. 443, fig. 368

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. 305