Minoan prism shaped serpentine seal

An image of Dark grey chlorite/serpentine prism-shaped seal, engraved on all three faces with spiral and linear designs, pierced through. Height 0.009 m, width 0.019 m. Middle Minoan Period. Cretan.

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Dark grey chlorite/serpentine prism-shaped seal, engraved on all three faces with spiral and linear designs, pierced through. Height 0.009 m, width 0.019 m. Middle Minoan Period. Cretan.

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Accession Number: GR.4.2001
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 683 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 81.05kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2007:04:25 23:46:07

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Ancient Greece antiquity chlorite Cretan engraved engraving Fitz_ANT Greek Minoan Minoan Period prism seal serpentine

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