12a: Ivory Signet Ring

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/1/8/3
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 5.5 x 11.6 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of the front and side view of a ring, the front shows a woman with a large skirt in front of an altar with some fern-like plants behind her. Underneath the side view is written "2/1". The original description in the catalogue reads: "Ivory signet ring (a), illustrating religious ritual: a woman in a flounced skirt worships at a horned altar, among palm-like foliage: subject and style are alike reminiscent of Minoan Crete."
Related records [1936/1/1/8], 12: Wall Paintings; Ivory Signet Ring