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Stamp Seal

1900.53.0039A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Stamp Seal   (1900.53.0039A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period/Date Sassanian, 226 - 640 CE
Culture Sassanian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 2.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 1.85 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 1.54 cm
Weight 8.46 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Stone--Chalcedony, Stone--Quartz--Agate
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Inscribing, Drilling

Research Remarks

Published Description

Rogers: An onyx signet seal shading to white, blue, and brown. The design is an animal with a human head and wings.

Porada: A kneeling winged sphinx wearing a cidaris(?). Along the border: an inscription.
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Porada, Edith. "Concordance of Seals in the Oriental Museum, UIUC." Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.
Rogers, Frances. Babylonian Seal Cylinders as a Historical Source, UIUC Master's Thesis, 1929.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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