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Haematite Master of Animals Seal, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot
Haematite Master of Animals Seal, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1375–1300 BC. British Museum, 1945,1013.133.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Haematite Master of Animals Seal

Haematite cylinder seal engraved with a design of a `master of animals' figure holding two lions. Goat on hindlegs to left and an arrangement of three quadrupeds. Griffin and dog? to right. Dimensions: Height: 1.70 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal; intaglio Techniques: engraved

Classification

Object type
Seal
Motifs
Human figure, Lion, Goat, deer and ibex, Sphinx and griffin
Material
Stone
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1375 - 1300 BC
Findspot
Golgoi

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Accession No.

1945,1013.133

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Golgoi (said to be)

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