# Inscribed seals and the Archanes-formula seals

> About 200 engraved seals of stone, bone and metal, mostly three- and four-sided prisms, carry the bulk of the script's sign groups; the earliest, from…

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**ART** 0DEDTWZGCKGW·Artifact · object

# Inscribed seals and the Archanes-formula seals

ObjectImages by permission of CMS and CHIC; personal, scientific and educational use onlyEarly Minoan III to Middle Minoan III, c. 2100 to 1650 BC

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.sagas.unifi.it/vp-394-dbas-chs-cretan-hieroglyphic-seals.html).

About 200 engraved seals of stone, bone and metal, mostly three- and four-sided prisms, carry the bulk of the script's sign groups; the earliest, from the Archanes-Phourni cemetery of the late Prepalatial period, bear the recurring Archanes formula. Whether every motif on a seal face is writing is the main open question about the corpus. The seals are catalogued in CHIC S 180 to 314, in the CMS seal corpus and in the DBAS-CHS database.

A. M. Jasink and L. Bombardieri, University of Florence, 1650. Images by permission of CMS and CHIC; personal, scientific and educational use only

## Copies 1

**Dbas-chs database record** A. M. Jasink and L. Bombardieri, University of Florence · sagas.unifi.it · Images by permission of CMS and CHIC; personal, scientific and educational use onlyPrimary source: [DBAS-CHS: Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals database](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKB8XRZ46/dbas-chs-cretan-hieroglyphic-seals-database)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.sagas.unifi.it/vp-394-dbas-chs-cretan-hieroglyphic-seals.html)

## Where it is kept

[Heraklion Archaeological Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDQF47G831/heraklion-archaeological-museum) · Museum

## Sources 4

- [Corpus Hieroglyphicarum Inscriptionum Cretae (CHIC)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGHHEQ8AC/corpus-hieroglyphicarum-inscriptionum-cretae-chic)_SRC_
- [Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals: A New Classification of Symbols and Ornamental/Filling Motifs](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ3W6CMA4/cretan-hieroglyphic-seals-a-new-classification-of-symbols)_SRC_
- [DBAS-CHS: Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals database](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKB8XRZ46/dbas-chs-cretan-hieroglyphic-seals-database)_SRC_
- [The First 'European' Writing: Redefining the Archanes Script](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDH6KX72G8/the-first-european-writing-redefining-the-archanes-script)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Inscribed seals and the Archanes-formula seals [Artifact ART0DEDTWZGCKGW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDTWZGCKGW
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**ART** 0DEDTWZGCKGW

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Object

Held by

Heraklion Archaeological Museum and other museums on Crete and abroad

Dated

Early Minoan III to Middle Minoan III, c. 2100 to 1650 BC

Licence

Images by permission of CMS and CHIC; personal, scientific and educational use only

Place

[Heraklion Archaeological Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDQF47G831/heraklion-archaeological-museum)

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[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

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