Seal CMS II,1 064
General information
Document type: SealSub-type: Cube
Material: Hippopotamus ivory
Museum: Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Inventory number: Σ-K 492
Find spot: Hagia Triada, tholos toumb A
Chronology: EM III - MM IA
Script: -
Copyright: © Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Inscription
Standard transnumeration: -Remarks on the inscription: The central motif on side a looks like a grid with three pointed triangles. It can be intepreted as a warp-weighted loom, possibly the forerunner of CH sign 041/*163
Digitization Date:
November 2021
3d Geometry: Canon EOS 2000D + Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens
Texture: Canon EOS 2000D + Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens
3d Geometry: Canon EOS 2000D + Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens
Texture: Canon EOS 2000D + Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens
References
[1] N. Platon, Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel. Iraklion, Archäologisches Museum. Teil 1. Die Siegel der Vorpalastzeit. Berlin, 1969 (= CMS II,1)[2] A. Ulanowska, “Representations of textile tools in Aegean glyptic: cuboid seal from the Tholos Tomb A in Aghia Triada”, in P. Militello – K. Żebrowska, K. (eds), Sympozjum Egejskie. Proceedings of the 2nd Students’ Conference in Aegean Archaeology: Methods – Researches – Perspectives, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland, April 25th, 2014, Catania, 2016, p. 109–125