Object Number | B7334 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq |
Period | Sassanian |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Chalcedony |
Iconography | Eagle? | Phoenix? | Altar? | Column? |
Inscription Language | Pahlevi |
Description | Sommerville 511 (1889): Sard intaglio seal. Inebreated parrot on stand, with Pehlevi inscription CBS Register: brown yellow signet seal of Parthian period with Sassanian inscription PBS XIV: An eagle or phoenix bird on a columnar altar between two crosses. There is a rope about the middle of the column with a Pehlvi inscription. Ring shaped seal with a cross pattern decoration on the back. Chalcedony, 21 x 17 mm. MS. Coll. |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | PBS XIV: 1047 - Other Number | 511 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-511 - Old Museum Number | CBS7334 - Other Number | P262355 - CDLI Number |
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