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Inventory: 82823
Shape: Stamp seal. with the shape of a pressed cube with a transversal hole perpendicular to the motif. Intact, except small abrasions along the borders
Motif: Stylized representation of the "bird-lady", with her bird-head facing right. The figure divides the seal face in four fields, where different linear signs are carved
Provenance: Crete (?), acquired from “girovaghi”(pedlars)
Measure: Base: 1.9; Height 2.1; Thckness 0.9; Hole Diameter 0.4
Chronology: Late Minoan IIIC(?)
Material: Green steatite
Bibliography: Laviosa 1969: 15 no. 16, Tav. IV; Jasink 2009: 86 (CR. 222).