button seal en · NOUN
Meanings
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A small circular seal (imprinting device) of a type used in Ancient Egypt and the Near East.
Crete now takes its proper place as a half-way house between Egypt and the AEgean. The seals of the period show on them primitive pictographs that are certainly derived from the pictographs of the so-called button seals of Egypt.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 50:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| button seals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |