CASE K. Gold seal from Thisbe Treasure

Accession Number AN1938.1119
Year 1900-1910
Medium gold
Location Ashmolean Museum
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Now regarded as a forgery, this seal from the Thisbe Treasure shows man being trampled by a bull. It seems to relate to the scene on the Archanes Ring.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1925. ‘The Ring of Nestor’. A Glimpse into the Minoan After-World, and a Sepulchral Treasure of Gold Signet-Rings and Bead-Seals from Thisbê, Boeotia, pp. 5-7

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 31