Seal

Museum number:
9-5229
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
18 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1173
Description:
Ring bezel: two rams feeding, sardonyx (carnelian?). Oval shape. Weight: 0.5315 grams. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Yellowish orange chalcedony. Motif: Two facing rams on either side of a plant; Sasanian, 4th 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. ES2.1]
Donor:
Alfred Kohlberg
Collection place:
Middle East
Culture or time period:
Babylonian and Sasanian (ca. 224–641 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Kohlberg
Materials:
Carnelian (sardonyx (carnelian?)), Chalcedony (yellowish orange chalcedony.), and Sardonyx (sardonyx (carnelian?))
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Production date:
Sasanian, 4th C AD
Accession date:
1955
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 10.2 millimeters, length 13.7 millimeters, height 2.3 millimeters, and weight 0.5 grams
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-5229, described as Ring bezel: two rams feeding, sardonyx (carnelian?). Oval shape. Weight: 0.5315 grams. Babylonian [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Yellowish orange chalcedony. Motif: Two facing rams on either side of a plant; Sasanian, 4th 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. ES2.1]

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