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Museum August Kestner Ancient Cultures Gemmen, Kameen und Glaspasten. Die Sammlung geschnittener Steine [1935.119]
Gemme in lentoider Form mit Darstellung einer Ziege (Museum August Kestner CC BY-NC-SA)
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Gem in lentoid form with representation of a goat

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Description

Lentoid, pierced. - Above a bottom line a goat to the right. The rump and head are indicated by combined point and cylinder drilling, the horns in a peculiar way by two lunettes. - Late Minoan I A, 1700 - 1600 BC.

Material/Technique

Rock crystal / cut, pierced

Measurements

Height: 1.58 cm, Width: 1.5 cm

Literature

  • Pini, Ingo (1988): Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, Bd. 11. Kleinere europäische Sammlungen. Berlin, 118 Nr. 104
  • Schlüter, Margildis - Platz-Horster, Gertrud (1975): Antike Gemmen in deutschen Sammlungen IV. Hannover, Kestner Museum, Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. Wiesbaden, 12 Nr. 6 Taf. 4
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Object from: Museum August Kestner

The Museum August Kestner is named after August Kestner (1777-1853). The oldest municipal museum in the state capital Hanover is enclosed by a listed...

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