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: Kríti [7012056] (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-)