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ID: 700007486
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007486
Record Type: Movable Work
Lentoid engraved seal (gem (worked stone); Unknown Minoan (Minoan Artist); about 1450 BCE - 1300 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 2001.14.1)
Note: The seal is engraved with the figures of a bull-leaper somersaulting over the back of a galloping bull (taurokathapsia). The leaper grasps one of the bull's horns with one hand while reaching with the other toward the bull's shoulders to better support his flip.
Titles:
Lentoid engraved seal (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Bull Leaper (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
gem (worked stone) [300011172] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, costume components, <jewelry and accessory components>)

Classifications:
jewelry / ornament (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1450 BCE - 1300 BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Minoan (Minoan Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
unknown Minoan (Minoan cultural designation) [500125280]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 2001.14.1
Other: Creation: KrĂ­ti [7012056] Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Blue-gray haematite
hematite (mineral) [300011105]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

Dimensions: Object: H: 1.9 x W: 7 cm (3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Cultures:
Minoan (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Minoan [300020224] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Aegean Bronze Age periods)

General Subject:
human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
figure (representation) [300189808]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)
bull (animal) [300250117]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), <mammals by sex or age>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Lentoid engraved seal........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Bull Leaper........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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