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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ 7235

Category

Seal

Period

Late Bronze Age (Mycenaean)

Date

1375-1190 BC

Dimensions

Diameter: 0.0204 m
Thickness: 0.0053 m
Suspension hole diameter: 0.002 m

Material

Steatite

Location

First Floor Case 2, Νο 22

Description
Bibliography

Almost intact sealstone found on the Acropolis. Many small circles, each one with a dot in its centre, decorate the seal face. The seal is pierced with a hole for suspension. Its back is undecorated.

CMS, Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, - http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/browser/index.php?view[layout]=siegel, αρ. κατ. CMS Ι 401
Sakellariou, A., Die minoischen und mykenischen Siegel des Nationalmuseums in Athen, Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, Berlin, 1964, σελ. 413, αρ. κατ. 401