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Stamp Seal

1900.53.0041A

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Artifact Identification Stamp Seal   (1900.53.0041A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Personal Identification
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Sassanian
Date 224 – 636 CE
Culture Sassanian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 1.85 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 1.50 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight 10.91 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Stone--Limonite
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Incising, Drilling

Research Remarks

Description

No Rogers.

Porada: A kneeling stag with his neck decorated with a broad floating ribbon. The figure is partly framed in dashes.
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 Unpublished ms., ca. 1950.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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