CASE K. Gold ring depicting lions

Accession Number AN1938.1126
Year 1600 - 1400 BCE
Medium gold
Location Ashmolean Museum
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This gold ring was purchased by Evans before 1901 and was said to come from Mycenae. It shows two lions tied to a pillar, echoing the design of the Lion Gate at Mycenae.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1901. “Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult and Its Mediterranean Relations”, Journal of Hellenic Studies 21, p. 159-60, fig. 39

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 32

Hughes-Brock, Helen and Boardman, John. 2009. Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals VI: Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum, no. 364