Seal

Museum number:
9-1931
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
seal-ring, set-stone, engraved man and bird. Oval shape. Gemstone, stamp, bezel. Running male figure with bag (?) on shoulder, wearing head gear, possibly a cap, both hands outstretched, chases after goose (or duck). Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain - 10/14/1977). Weight: 0.5738 grams. 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.
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Sasanian (ca. 224–641 AD)
Collector:
Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection date:
before 1930
Materials:
Andradite and Garnet (mineral)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
weight 0.6 grams, length 11.88 millimeters, width 8.06 millimeters, and height 3.03 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1931, described as seal-ring, set-stone, engraved man and bird. Oval shape. Gemstone, stamp, bezel. Running male figure with bag (?) on shoulder, wearing head gear, possibly a cap, both hands outstretched, chases after goose (or duck). Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain - 10/14/1977). Weight: 0.5738 grams. 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1931, described as seal-ring, set-stone, engraved man and bird. Oval shape. Gemstone, stamp, bezel. Running male figure with bag (?) on shoulder, wearing head gear, possibly a cap, both hands outstretched, chases after goose (or duck). Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain - 10/14/1977). Weight: 0.5738 grams. 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1931, described as seal-ring, set-stone, engraved man and bird. Oval shape. Gemstone, stamp, bezel. Running male figure with bag (?) on shoulder, wearing head gear, possibly a cap, both hands outstretched, chases after goose (or duck). Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain - 10/14/1977). Weight: 0.5738 grams. 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.

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