Seal

Museum number:
9-1934
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.649
Description:
Carnelian seal-ring, set-stone, engraved scorpion. Stamp, bezel, oval. Sasanian, 4th c A.D. Weight 0.3328 grams. Motif: Scorpion right. 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 1)
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:
Carnelian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
weight 0.3 grams, width 9.03 millimeters, height 2.35 millimeters, and length 9.71 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1934, described as Carnelian seal-ring, set-stone, engraved scorpion. Stamp, bezel, oval. Sasanian, 4th c A.D. Weight 0.3328 grams. Motif: Scorpion right. 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 1)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-1934, described as Carnelian seal-ring, set-stone, engraved scorpion. Stamp, bezel, oval. Sasanian, 4th c A.D. Weight 0.3328 grams. Motif: Scorpion right. 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 1)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-1934, described as Carnelian seal-ring, set-stone, engraved scorpion. Stamp, bezel, oval. Sasanian, 4th c A.D. Weight 0.3328 grams. Motif: Scorpion right. 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 1)

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