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Lentoid seal with a double axe

about 1750–1460 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBurnt carnelian
Dimensions0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Beulah H. Emmet
Accession number1971.165
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSeals
ProvenanceBy 1928: Mrs. Beulah H. Emmet Collection (one of a group of gems [MFA 1971.159-.176] acquired on Crete from Mr. Kephalogiannis in 1928, according to M. H. Wiencke, AJA 73 [1969], p. 33); gift of Mrs. Beulah H. Emmet to MFA, April 14, 1971