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(a)(b)Figure 6.19 Mycenaean pin and ring seals. A. Gold pin from shaft graves of Mycenae depicting a
sacred tree emerging from the head of a woman. B. Gold signet ring, Mycenae CT 91. C. Gold signet
ring, Mycenae Acropolis treasure.
A is From Nilsson, figure 158; The Acropolis in Mycenae, Berlin, ca. fifteenth century bce. B is from Heinrich
Schliemann: The 100th Anniversary of His Death (1990). Athens National Archaeological Museum; Troy,
Mycenae, Tiryns, Orchomenos.