Seal

Museum number:
9-5230
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005230
Alternate number:
19 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Ring bezel, male figure, carnelian. Octagon shape. Weight 0.3883 grams. Babylonian [Crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Sasanian, fourth century AD] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Condition- Chip on reverse. Motif: Standing nude male holding an object in each hand; Sasanian, fourth century AD; References: Bivar, A.D.H. 1969. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum, Stamp Seals II. London: Published for The Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press., seal CA 1]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Sasanian (ca. 224–641 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Carnelian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 7 millimeters and length 10 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5230, described as Ring bezel, male figure, carnelian. Octagon shape. Weight 0.3883 grams. Babylonian [Crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Sasanian, fourth century AD] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Condition- Chip on reverse. Motif: Standing nude male holding an object in each hand; Sasanian, fourth century AD; References: Bivar, A.D.H. 1969. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum, Stamp Seals II. London: Published for The Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press., seal CA 1]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-5230, described as Ring bezel, male figure, carnelian. Octagon shape. Weight 0.3883 grams. Babylonian [Crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Sasanian, fourth century AD] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Condition- Chip on reverse. Motif: Standing nude male holding an object in each hand; Sasanian, fourth century AD; References: Bivar, A.D.H. 1969. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum, Stamp Seals II. London: Published for The Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press., seal CA 1]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5230, described as Ring bezel, male figure, carnelian. Octagon shape. Weight 0.3883 grams. Babylonian [Crossed out; handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Sasanian, fourth century AD] [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Condition- Chip on reverse. Motif: Standing nude male holding an object in each hand; Sasanian, fourth century AD; References: Bivar, A.D.H. 1969. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum, Stamp Seals II. London: Published for The Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press., seal CA 1]

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