CASE K. Seal showing lion

Accession Number AN1938.1058
Year 1600 - 1400 BCE
Dimensions dia 2 cm
Medium rock crystal
Location Ashmolean Museum
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This seal shows a contorted lion, with head between legs. It was acquired by Evans at Knossos.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1935. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, IV, p. 588, fig. 583

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. 356