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Imported silver cylinder seal

Σ-Κ380
Metal (Silver)
Intact
Height: 1.4 cm. Diameter: 0.95 cm.
Mochlos
Tomb I/II/III
Early Bronze Age. Prepalatial period, Early Minoan ΙΙ-ΙΙI period. (Early Dynastic ΙΙΙ ):
2700 - 2000 BC:
Gallery:
I
Case:
11
Exhibition thematic unit:
Early Bronze Age - Prepalatial period (3000 - 1900 BC). Settlements and cemeteries - the rise of ruling groups
The sea roads. Trade and foreign influences
Description
Silver cylinder seal made in Syria in the first half of the 3rd millennium BC. The sealing surface depicts a standing human figure being pursued by two animals, probably a lion and a horned animal, both upright. Metal seals were rare in antiquity and few of those found come from excavations, making this early Syrian seal from Mochlos an exceptionally important find. It was discovered in Room I of Tomb Complex Ι/ΙΙ/ΙΙΙ and is associated with objects dated to Early Minoan II-III. It seems that the silver cylinder seal was used by an inhabitant of Mochlos soon after being made in Syria. The seal is one of numerous finds from the cemetery indicating that the coastal community that flourished on Mochlos had contacts with parts of the Near East as early as the Early Minoan period.
Bibliography:
Aruz, J. Marks of Distinction. Seals and Cultural Exchange between the Aegean and the Orient. Corpus der Minoischen und Mykenischen Siegel Beiheft 7. Mainz, 2008, 40-41. Pini, I. "Zu dem Silbernen Rollziegel aus Mochlos." Arch?ologischer Anzeiger (1982): 599-603. Seager, R.B. Explorations in the Island of Mochlos. Boston and New York, 1912, 22, fig. 22:I n.
Author:
E. S.


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