signet ring (antithetic bulls), gold, chased, hammered, gold, total: height: cm; width: cm; diameter: cm (ring); weight: g, Body jewelry, grave goods, rule/administration, bull, Aegean Bronze Age, Late Aegean Bronze Age, SH III A1, The oval plate of the signet ring shows two crouching antithetical (or heraldic) bulls. The bodies are oriented towards the center, the heads are turned outwards. There is a branch on the right and a tree on the left. Above the bulls, three leaves of a flower or palmette can be seen.

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