amulet; seal

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Object Type: amulet; seal
Museum number: 1894,1101.415
Description: Black steatite amulet or head-seal in form of bearded head; triangular face with a rounded head, with incised cross-hatched detail; undecorated smooth back; perforated horizontally for suspension through the forehead.
Cultures/periods: Cypro-Archaic
Production date: 700BC-500BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus (historic), Site E, tomb 242
Materials: steatite
Technique: incised; perforated
Dimensions: Length: 2.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p.124, Tomb 242; p.100 & fig. 147, no. 32); Reyes 2001 / The stamp-seals of ancient Cyprus (p. 34 & note 149)
Location: On display (G72/dc6)
Subjects: anatomy
Acquisition name: From: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Funder name: Funded by: Emma Tourner Turner (bequest)
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.415

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