Good to know Aegean Seals and Sealings
About
A seal is a small portable artefact mostly made of stone but also found in other materials, such as bone/ivory, metal, and various artificial pastes. It displays engraved motifs and is equipped with a means which allows it to be worn on the body.
The first stamps in the Aegean are encountered in the early Neolithic period. These were, however, probably not meant for impressing on clay but must have had a different function than the Bronze Age seals (stamping dye on skin? stamping bread?). The first seals proper in the Aegean are encountered in EB II. Seals continue to be made down to the end of the Bronze Age.
