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Seal: GR.6.2001

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Black steatite seal, circular, with one flat and one convex face, both engraved with designs involving leaf-forms and triangles within a border.

Notes

History note: Put up for auction at Christie's, London 5/6/1989 lot 27 (part), but remained unsold.

History note: Formerly in the Erlenmeyer collection, formed by Herr Erlenmeyer (died 1968) between 1943 and 1963.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.0112 m

Place(s) associated

  • Crete

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2001) by Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd

Materials used in production

black Steatite

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.6.2001
Primary reference Number: 167932
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Seal" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/167932 Accessed: 2024-03-28 22:13:47

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