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Sapphirine chalcedony intaglio: a cow suckling her calf: GR.118.1937

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sapphirine chalcedony intaglio: a cow suckling her calf

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Lentoid seal, cow and calf

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Width: 0.022 m

Place(s) associated

  • Crete ⪼ Greek Islands

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Late Minoan IIIA1
Bronze Age
-1400 - -1301

Materials used in production

Sapphirine chalcedony

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.118.1937
Primary reference Number: 69427
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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