Mycenaean Collections of Seals: The Role of Blue

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2010Author
Younger, John G.
Publisher
Aegaeum. Université de Liège and the University of Texas-Austin
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholary, edited volume
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This study looks at collections of seals in Mycenaean tholoi tombs and comes to the conclusion that seals were acquired in sets, often with the addition of one or two seals of a blue material (glass, amethyst), which indicates a deliberate act of collecting the seals, probably in Minoan Crete.
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Citation
"Mycenaean Collections of Seals: The Role of Blue." KOSMOS. Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age. 13th International Aegean Conferenceø 19-23 April 2010, University of Copenhagen. Aegaeum 31. Eds. Marie-Louise Nosch and Robert Laffineur. Liège and Austin: Université de Liège and the Program in Aegean Prehistory and Scripts, University of Texas, 2012, 749-753.
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