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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7392270, member: 110350"]I have nothing to post other than a few ordinary bull coins, but thank you -- what a wonderful write-up, with a beautiful coin and other photos! I've been fascinated by Minoan civilization from childhood, when I read Leonard Cottrell's book <i>The Bull of Minos</i>, from the 1950s (only about a dozen years old when I read it!). And a large part of one of my favorite books, Mary Renault's <i>The King Must Die</i>, takes place on Crete, where Theseus becomes a bull-leaper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in 2009, I saw a fascinating, comprehensive exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled "Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C" -- i.e., the Middle and Late Bronze Ages -- from which I bought the 500+-page catalog. The Minoans and Myceneans (and Thera) were included, of course, along with Babylon, Ugarit, Egypt and the Levant, the Hittites, Mitanni, the Assyrians, and others. Descriptions of the exhibition and catalog can be found at <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2008/beyond-babylon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2008/beyond-babylon" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2008/beyond-babylon</a> and <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Beyond_Babylon_Art_Trade_and_Diplomacy_in_the_Second_Millenium_BC" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Beyond_Babylon_Art_Trade_and_Diplomacy_in_the_Second_Millenium_BC" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Beyond_Babylon_Art_Trade_and_Diplomacy_in_the_Second_Millenium_BC</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the page from the catalog entitled "Bull Leaping" (click on the photo to enlarge so you can read the text):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286298[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And herewith some miscellaneous unrelated bulls:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286291[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286292[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286293[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7392270, member: 110350"]I have nothing to post other than a few ordinary bull coins, but thank you -- what a wonderful write-up, with a beautiful coin and other photos! I've been fascinated by Minoan civilization from childhood, when I read Leonard Cottrell's book [I]The Bull of Minos[/I], from the 1950s (only about a dozen years old when I read it!). And a large part of one of my favorite books, Mary Renault's [I]The King Must Die[/I], takes place on Crete, where Theseus becomes a bull-leaper. Back in 2009, I saw a fascinating, comprehensive exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art entitled "Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C" -- i.e., the Middle and Late Bronze Ages -- from which I bought the 500+-page catalog. The Minoans and Myceneans (and Thera) were included, of course, along with Babylon, Ugarit, Egypt and the Levant, the Hittites, Mitanni, the Assyrians, and others. Descriptions of the exhibition and catalog can be found at [URL]https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2008/beyond-babylon[/URL] and [URL]https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Beyond_Babylon_Art_Trade_and_Diplomacy_in_the_Second_Millenium_BC[/URL]. Here's the page from the catalog entitled "Bull Leaping" (click on the photo to enlarge so you can read the text): [ATTACH=full]1286298[/ATTACH] And herewith some miscellaneous unrelated bulls: [ATTACH=full]1286291[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1286292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1286293[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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