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stamp-seal
;
bezel
Object Type
stamp-seal
bezel
Museum number
1880.3567
Description
Nicolo stamp-seal and bezel; rectangular with a bevelled edge, showing the heads of a man and woman facing each other; between them a Pahlavi inscription; complete.
Cultures/periods
Sasanian
Production date
2ndC-5thC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Afghanistan
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Charles Masson
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Kabul
, bazaar?
Materials
nicolo
Technique
engraved
Dimensions
Height:
0.90 centimetres
Thickness:
0.40 centimetres
Width:
1.20 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Accompanied by 19th-century red wax sealing.
Bibliographic references
Bivar 1968a / Kushan and Kushano-Sasanian Seals and Kushano-Sasanian Coins: Sasanian Seals in the British Museum
(p.21, pl.XXVIII.4)
Bivar A D H 1969a / Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Stamp Seals II: The Sassanian Dynasty
(BB 4, pl.4)
(OA 6)
Errington 2021 / Charles Masson: Collections from Begram and Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan 1833-1838
(p.219, fig.68.3)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
India Museum
Acquisition date
1880
Acquisition notes
Probably purchased by Masson in Kabul bazaar, 1833-8.
Department
Asia
Registration number
1880.3567
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
IM.Gems.38
(British Museum no.: India Museum collection)
Miscellaneous number:
OA 6
(temporary number assigned and published by Bivar)