Inscriptions (MAF)

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segno inciso
AB 81 KU
 
Inscription
Wa 1557
Wa 1558
Wa 1471
Inventory: 94760
Museum: Archaeological Museum of Florence
Measure: 2.0 x 1.4; thickness: 0.9
Shape: Hanging nodule with a single hole
Inscription: Wa 1558: engraved "schematic bird" symbol (Linear AB 81 KU). Scribe: Wa 90
Motif: CMS II,6 117. A seal impression - likely from a lentoid soft-stone seal, the same as 94759 -: a standing duck in profile, surrounded by small branches or palmettes
Bibliography: Laviosa 1969: 17 no. 4 Tavv. V,4 e VIII,4; GORILA 2: 46; CMS II,6 117; Hallager 1996 II: 247; Bombardieri no. 25 in Jasink 2007; Jasink 2009: CR. 228; Albertini-Jasink-Montecchi 2014: 9.14
Notes: The engraved symbol AB 81 KU is one of the "variants" with a noteworthy difference from the standard symbol From the same seal three sealings in RMP (71964, 71965, 71966)