Chloritite Bull Cylinder Seal

Chloritite Bull Cylinder Seal

Description:

Fe-rich chloritite cylinder seal; engraved with a bull being attacked by three lions; engraving shallow and worn; hole drilled through long axis; ground and polished.


Dimensions: Diameter: 0.70 centimetres; Length: 1.90 centimetres


Object Type: cylinder seal


Techniques: engraved; ground; polished; drilled

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1450 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1966,1103.2