Seal

Museum number:
9-5268
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005268
Alternate number:
58 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Hemispheroid: engraved scorpion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Seal, stamp. Domed. Ht. 12.5 mm. Face 12 x 11 mm. Dome decorated with three parallel lines running around the dome; small lines running perpendicular to the long lines. Motif: scorpion. Chert, dark brown. Sasanian, 5th c. 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 KA 4]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Sasanian (ca. 224–641 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Chert
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 12.5 millimeters, width 11 millimeters, and length 12 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Seal, accession number 9-5268, described as Hemispheroid: engraved scorpion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Seal, stamp. Domed. Ht. 12.5 mm. Face 12 x 11 mm. Dome decorated with three parallel lines running around the dome; small lines running perpendicular to the long lines. Motif: scorpion. Chert, dark brown. Sasanian, 5th c. 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 KA 4]Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Seal, accession number 9-5268, described as Hemispheroid: engraved scorpion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Seal, stamp. Domed. Ht. 12.5 mm. Face 12 x 11 mm. Dome decorated with three parallel lines running around the dome; small lines running perpendicular to the long lines. Motif: scorpion. Chert, dark brown. Sasanian, 5th c. 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 KA 4]Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Seal, accession number 9-5268, described as Hemispheroid: engraved scorpion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Seal, stamp. Domed. Ht. 12.5 mm. Face 12 x 11 mm. Dome decorated with three parallel lines running around the dome; small lines running perpendicular to the long lines. Motif: scorpion. Chert, dark brown. Sasanian, 5th c. 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 KA 4]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5268, described as Hemispheroid: engraved scorpion. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Seal, stamp. Domed. Ht. 12.5 mm. Face 12 x 11 mm. Dome decorated with three parallel lines running around the dome; small lines running perpendicular to the long lines. Motif: scorpion. Chert, dark brown. Sasanian, 5th c. 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 KA 4]

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