CASE K. Cushion seal showing goat and dog

Accession Number AN1938.954
Year 1700 - 1600 BCE
Dimensions 2.1 cm x 1.8 cm
Medium blue chalcedony
Location Ashmolean Museum
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This seal shows a dog barking at a wild goat on a rocky ledge. The stone is blue chalcedony and it was bought by Evans in Athens, although it was said to come from Archanes on Crete. Because of its clear narrative Evans suggested that it illustrated a fable.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1935. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, IV, pp. 508-509, fig. 453

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. 180