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Lentoid seal with a lion attacking a bull

about 1635–1410 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian
DimensionsLength: 24 mm (15/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.656
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Professor R. D. Norton collection; purchased by Edward Perry Warren from Professor R. D. Norton in 1900 (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 2); April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 54.26); November 17, 1927: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)