Digital acquisition and modelling of the Minoan seals and sealings kept in two Italian museums

This is the presentation of the main results of a research project carried out by a joint team from the Aegean Lab of the University of Florence and DREAMS Lab of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.This project was aimed at applying a multidisciplinary methodology specifically designed to explore the use and function of Late Bronze Age Aegean seals and sealings. Sealings have different shapes, show various traces on the clay and, at times, also bear inscriptions. In order to emphasize these features, we developed 3D models of the most representative and best preserved seals and sealings housed in two Italian museums, namely the National Archaeological Museum of Florence and the National Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum “L. Pigorini” in Rome. During the conference, we also showed a virtual simulation, in which different possible scenarios were reconstructed.