Flattened cylinder seal with a cow suckling a calf
about 1470–1370 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueAgate
DimensionsLength: 20 mm (13/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.657
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSeals
Collections
ProvenanceBy dates unknown: from Crete, in the possession of the schoolmaster at Chersonesos in Crete; Evans collection; purchased in Paris by Edward Perry Warren in 1911 (provenance according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 5); April 5, 1926: loaned by Edward Perry Warren to MFA (as 78.26); 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 1480–1315 B.C.
about 1800–1410 B.C.
mid to late 5th century B.C.
450–400 B.C.
450–400 B.C.
743–712 B.C.
883–612 B.C.
after 323 B.C.
A.D. 226–651
A.D. 226–651