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Unidentified Floating Objects on Minoan Seals

Unidentified Floating Objects on Minoan Seals

Extremely detailed Minoan gold signet rings are ornamented with exquisite depictions in which the artist leaves nothing to chance. A group of small motifs that appear above the iconography have not yet been satisfactorily explained. The aim of this paper is to define them as a group, describe their traits and peculiarities, and suggest a possible interpretation for their existence.

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Unidentified Floating Objects on Minoan Seals

By Evangelos Kyriakidis

American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 109, No. 2 (April 2005), pp. 137–154

DOI: 10.3764/aja.109.2.137

© 2005 Archaeological Institute of America