Seal

Museum number:
9-17354
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3905
Description:
Ring seal. Quartz. Female figure, standing. Figure in right profiled on a base line and wearing ankle length diagonally pleated skirt. Hair is bound in a fillet and one braid hangs down. Two flowers on branches are held, one hanging downward from the left hand. Color: stone banding divides motif in half. One side of stone is opaque white, the middle divides in a clear transparent band then into pale amber. Condition: Excellent on engraved surface. A few long narrow chips on pale yellow side of ring hole.
Donor:
F. S. Goravanchi and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province, Iranian Azerbaijan
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Seals (artifacts)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-17354, described as Ring seal. Quartz. Female figure, standing. Figure in right profiled on a base line and wearing ankle length diagonally pleated skirt. Hair is bound in a fillet and one braid hangs down. Two flowers on branches are held, one hanging downward from the left hand. Color: stone banding divides motif in half. One side of stone is opaque white, the middle divides in a clear transparent band then into pale amber. Condition: Excellent on engraved surface. A few long narrow chips on pale yellow side of ring hole.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Seal, accession number 9-17354, described as Ring seal. Quartz. Female figure, standing. Figure in right profiled on a base line and wearing ankle length diagonally pleated skirt. Hair is bound in a fillet and one braid hangs down. Two flowers on branches are held, one hanging downward from the left hand. Color: stone banding divides motif in half. One side of stone is opaque white, the middle divides in a clear transparent band then into pale amber. Condition: Excellent on engraved surface. A few long narrow chips on pale yellow side of ring hole.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Seal, accession number 9-17354, described as Ring seal. Quartz. Female figure, standing. Figure in right profiled on a base line and wearing ankle length diagonally pleated skirt. Hair is bound in a fillet and one braid hangs down. Two flowers on branches are held, one hanging downward from the left hand. Color: stone banding divides motif in half. One side of stone is opaque white, the middle divides in a clear transparent band then into pale amber. Condition: Excellent on engraved surface. A few long narrow chips on pale yellow side of ring hole.

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