CASE K. Cushion seal showing bull and leaper

Accession Number AN1938.964
Year 1700 - 1600 BCE
Dimensions 2.2 cm x 1.7 cm
Medium banded agate
Location Ashmolean Museum
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This seal shows man leaping over a bull. The bull appears to be drinking from a trough.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1921. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, I, p. 377, fig. 274

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. 181