CASE K. Carnelian three-sided prism

Accession Number AN1938.946
Year 1700 - 1600 BCE
Dimensions 1.9 cm x 1.4 cm
Medium banded agate
Location Ashmolean Museum
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This seal shows an agrimi, the Cretan wild goat. Evans purchased it near Rethymnon while travelling around Crete.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1921. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, I, p. 204, fig. 274s

Evans, Arthur. 1935. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, IV, p. 500, fig. 439

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 28

Hughes-Brock, Helen and Boardman, John. 2009. Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals VI: Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum, no. 178