Seal

Museum number:

9-1929

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Accession number:

Acc.649

Object count:

1

Description:

Seal-ring, set stone engraved; lion and star. Oval shape. Sasanian/5th c A.D. Andradite garnet (R.I. range 1.79-1.805, marked anomalous double refraction, no dichroism - analysis by D. Swain, 10/14/1977). Weight 1.0036 grams. References: Bivar, A.D.H. 1969. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic seals in the British Museum, Stamp Seals II. London: Published for The Trustees of the British Museum by the British Museum Press. (Seal DA 7)

Donor:

Alfred Kohlberg

Collection place:

Middle East

Culture or time period:

Sasanian (ca. 224–641 AD)

Collector:

Henry Ludwig Frederick Lutz

Collection date:

before 1930

Materials:

Andradite and Garnet (mineral)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Seals (artifacts)

Accession date:

1930

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

height 3.28 centimeters, length 13.03 centimeters, width 11.56 centimeters, and weight 1 grams

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