Stamp Seal

B7334

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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