CASE K. Cushion seal showing two acrobats

Accession Number AN1938.955
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 two acrobats performing backflips. The stone is blue chalcedony and it was found near Knossos.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1935. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, IV, p. 501-503, fig. 443

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. 184