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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.32.11
Title
Large Weight Decorated with an Octopus (reproduction of a weight from Knossos)
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Work Type
weight
Date
16th-14th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Knossos (Crete)
Period
Bronze Age, Late
Culture
Minoan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292013

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted plaster (original of stone)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.32.11
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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