Seal

Museum number:
9-1948
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
seal-ring head, dome shaped. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: stamp seal, dome. Motif: Ram couchant to the right, possibly with ribbons around the neck. Two dashes on either side of the head. Jasper, Sasanian, 5th century AD. References: 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 EQ1 and EP5 ]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Sasanian (ca. 224–641 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg and Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz
Collection date:
before 1930
Materials:
Faience (composite material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 14 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1948, described as seal-ring head, dome shaped. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: stamp seal, dome. Motif: Ram couchant to the right, possibly with ribbons around the neck. Two dashes on either side of the head. Jasper, Sasanian, 5th century AD. References: 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 EQ1 and EP5 ]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1948, described as seal-ring head, dome shaped. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: stamp seal, dome. Motif: Ram couchant to the right, possibly with ribbons around the neck. Two dashes on either side of the head. Jasper, Sasanian, 5th century AD. References: 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 EQ1 and EP5 ]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1948, described as seal-ring head, dome shaped. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: stamp seal, dome. Motif: Ram couchant to the right, possibly with ribbons around the neck. Two dashes on either side of the head. Jasper, Sasanian, 5th century AD. References: 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 EQ1 and EP5 ]

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