seal;
intaglio;
seal-impression
- Museum number
- 1911,0517.1
- Description
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Oval silver seal-matrix with a broken loop at back, inscribed with a legend, and set with an antique nicolo intaglio. Daedalus seated to left making a wing on a table in front of him, his legs draped. With wax impression.
- Production date
- 13thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.70 centimetres (handle)
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Width: 2.20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Text from 'Catalogue of British Seal-Dies in the British Museum', A.B. Tonnochy, London 1952, cat. no. 706.
For the gem see 'Cat. of Engraved Gems . . . Greek, &c', (1926), no. 4041.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1911,0517.1