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 viewClassificationsSeals
Collections
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)
about 1635–1410 B.C.
about 1420–1315 B.C.
about 1635–1410 B.C. or modern
about 1470–1410 B.C.
about 1635–1470 B.C.
about 1700–1430 B.C.
about 1800–1430 B.C.
about 1750–1460 B.C.
about 1750–1500 B.C.
about 1470–1315 B.C.
about 1420–1315 B.C.
about 1700–1600 B.C.