Stamp seal

Museum number:
9-2275
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.939
Description:
Stamp seal. Face 15.3 x 10.5. Oval shape. Hole 6.9 mm in diameter. Overall dimensions 22.3 x 17.7 x 12.5 mm. Weight 6.5651 grams. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Undecorated ellipsoid. Motif: Walking nude winged figure to the right, holding diadem. 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 BK 2, 4, 5] Typed remarks: original label: "Found near Bagdad. A stamp seal of carnelian stone from early Persian times, about 400 BC. Engraved with winged figure.
Donor:
Estate of Mary Tuck Holmes
Collection place:
Baghdad, Iraq
Verbatim coll. place:
near Bagdad, Iraq
Culture or time period:
Sasanian (ca. 224–641 AD)
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Carnelian
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 12.5 millimeters, length 22.3 millimeters, weight 6.6 grams, and height 17.7 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stamp seal, accession number 9-2275, described as Stamp seal. Face 15.3 x 10.5. Oval shape. Hole 6.9 mm in diameter. Overall dimensions 22.3 x 17.7 x 12.5 mm. Weight 6.5651 grams. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Undecorated ellipsoid. Motif: Walking nude winged figure to the right, holding diadem. 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 BK 2, 4, 5] Typed remarks: original label: "Found near Bagdad. A stamp seal of carnelian stone from early Persian times, about 400 BC. Engraved with winged figure.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stamp seal, accession number 9-2275, described as Stamp seal. Face 15.3 x 10.5. Oval shape. Hole 6.9 mm in diameter. Overall dimensions 22.3 x 17.7 x 12.5 mm. Weight 6.5651 grams. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Undecorated ellipsoid. Motif: Walking nude winged figure to the right, holding diadem. 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 BK 2, 4, 5] Typed remarks: original label: "Found near Bagdad. A stamp seal of carnelian stone from early Persian times, about 400 BC. Engraved with winged figure.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stamp seal, accession number 9-2275, described as Stamp seal. Face 15.3 x 10.5. Oval shape. Hole 6.9 mm in diameter. Overall dimensions 22.3 x 17.7 x 12.5 mm. Weight 6.5651 grams. [Handwritten on card by Yoko Tomabechi: Undecorated ellipsoid. Motif: Walking nude winged figure to the right, holding diadem. 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 BK 2, 4, 5] Typed remarks: original label: "Found near Bagdad. A stamp seal of carnelian stone from early Persian times, about 400 BC. Engraved with winged figure.

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