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Chloritite Cylinder Seal, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot
Chloritite Cylinder Seal, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot, c. 1300–1150 BC. British Museum, 1899,1229.39.CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Late Bronze Age II

Chloritite Cylinder Seal

Iron rich chloritite cylinder seal engraved with a scene of man and woman having sexual intercourse; both their hands end in twigs. On the left is a crouching lion, and in the field are four dots. Dimensions: Length: 1.80 centimetres Object Type: cylinder seal Techniques: engraved

Classification

Object type
Seal
Motifs
Human figure, Lion
Material
Stone
Period
probablyBronze AgeLate Cypriot (Late Bronze Age)
Date
1300 - 1150 BC
Findspot
Klavdhia-Tremithos

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Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Klavdia

Identifiers

Accession no.
1899,1229.39, British Museum · Museum record

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