Minoan ”Master’s Seal”

 Minoan ”Master’s Seal” (1450-1400 BC); from Chania, Crete, Greece.

The seal impression was found at Chania and depicts a young, heroic figure (undoubtedly a God) standing on a mountain peak above a large building, its rooftops crowded.

This clay representation is depicting a multi-storey building complex, representing a city, a palace or a sanctuary. Buildings rise on a high rocky hill over the sea ending on a steep shoreline. The flat roofs of the buildings are overshadowed with sacred bull horns while presenting architectural elements such as wooden doors, stone pillars. At the center of the sealing surface, in the central and highest roof of a building, is depicted an erected male figure, of a right profile, with a script in hand in a sovereign position. This is one of the most important items of Kydonia's excavations, while its representation is unique in Minoic art.

(1.5cm)

Archaeological Museum in Chania - Greece

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