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Lentoid seal with griffin

Σ-Κ127
Stone (Chalcedony)
Intact
Diameter: 1.7-1.75 cm.
Avdou
Late Bronze Age. Neopalatial period, Late Minoan I period.:
1600-1450 BC:
Gallery:
VIII
Case:
77
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC). Minoan religion. Palace cult
Cult scenes and religious symbols
Description
Chalcedony lentoid sealstone with a seated female griffin, a fantastical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of a bird. The griffin was an important symbol, borrowed from the Near East, which appears in various art forms of the prehistoric Aegean. The griffins in the fresco that adorned the Throne Room of the palace of Knossos are wingless.
Bibliography:
Platon, N. and I. Pini. CMS II.3. Iraklion Arch?ologisches Museum. Die Siegel der Neupalastzeit. Berlin, 1984, 254 (no. 219).
Author:
G. F.


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