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Stamp Seal (Fake?)

1900.53.0040A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Stamp Seal (Fake?)   (1900.53.0040A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Sassanian
Date 226 - 640 CE
Culture Sassanian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 2.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 1.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Width) 1.49 cm
Weight 8.35 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Chalcedony, Stone--Quartz--Agate
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Inscribing, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description

No Rogers.

A standing winged sphinx wearing a cidaris(?). In the field: a plant, a star, and inscription. Porada questions its authenticity.
Published Description Under Review
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction no

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