Seal

Museum number:
9-1930
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
seal-ring set-stone; engraved, staff and serpent. Oval shape, concave or cuvette cabochon. Inscription. Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain - 10/14/1977). Weight: 0.8407 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. (Seal)
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:
width 9.05 millimeters, length 11.89 millimeters, and weight 0.8 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1930, described as seal-ring set-stone; engraved, staff and serpent. Oval shape, concave or cuvette cabochon. Inscription. Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain - 10/14/1977). Weight: 0.8407 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. (Seal)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1930, described as seal-ring set-stone; engraved, staff and serpent. Oval shape, concave or cuvette cabochon. Inscription. Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain - 10/14/1977). Weight: 0.8407 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. (Seal)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1930, described as seal-ring set-stone; engraved, staff and serpent. Oval shape, concave or cuvette cabochon. Inscription. Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain - 10/14/1977). Weight: 0.8407 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. (Seal)

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