Drawings : Drawings of Seals and sealings

Drawings

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This collection of drawings illustrates highlights of the sealstones and sealings excavated by the British at Mycenae in the seasons after 1920-1923. The exception is the line drawings of a clay sealing of 3 quadrupeds, discovered in 1920 by A.J.B. Wace in the Rhyton well at the top of the Ramp within the citadel. (<a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(17);return false;'>MCNE-2-3-04-17</a>). This image was drawn nearly two decades after its discovery to provide the gold-embossed design on the front cover of Wace’s book <i>Mycenae: An Archaeological History and Guide</i> (1949).</p>