Ring - Bull

Reproduction of a Creto-Mycenaean gold signet ring depicting a bull lying in front of an altar in an open-air sanctuary. The bull, par excellence the sacred animal of the Aegean people, is shown here either shortly before being sacrificed or having a special relationship with the deity worshipped in this sanctuary. The original ring was part of the “Treasure of Thebes”. 15th-14th century BC, Late Helladic II-IIIa period.