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stamp-seal
;
bezel
Object Type
stamp-seal
bezel
Museum number
119999
Description
Cornelian stamp-seal and bezel; oval; red colour; engraved with two facing busts, possibly a king and queen. To the left (right when impressed), a female wearing a radiate crown, diadem, ear-rings, and a pearl necklace. To the right (left when impressed) a bearded male, wearing a forward-projecting cap bordered with pearls, a diadem, ear-rings and necklace. Above, a two line inscription. Complete.
Cultures/periods
Kushano-Sasanian
Production date
300-350
Production place
Made in:
Asia
Materials
cornelian
Type series
Bezel C
Technique
engraved
Dimensions
Length:
3.30 centimetres
Width:
2.60 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Bivar A D H 1969a / Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Stamp Seals II: The Sassanian Dynasty
(BB 2, pl.4)
Bivar 1968a / Kushan and Kushano-Sasanian Seals and Kushano-Sasanian Coins: Sasanian Seals in the British Museum
(pl. IV.5)
Horn P 1890a / Sasanidische Gemmen aus dem British Museum
(pl.III (838))
Pope 1938 / Survey of Persian Art
(vol.IV, 255 O)
Ghirshman 1952 / Cinq campagnes de fouilles a Suse (1946-51)
(p.102 - 115, esp.108)
Simpson 2012a / Afghanistan. A Cultural History
(p.81)
Livshits 2009 / Sogdian Gems and Seals from the Collection of the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage
Lerner 2013 / Some Thoughts on A Sogdian Double Portrait Seal
Location
On display
(G52/dc7)
Exhibition history
2022 6 Apr - 8 Aug, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Classical World in Context: Persia 2007- BM, G52/Rahim Irvani Gallery for Ancient Iran/7 2005-2006 29 Jun-8 Jan, BM, G69a, 'Iran before Islam: Religion and Propaganda, AD 224-652' 1995-2005 17 Nov-5 Dec, BM, G52/IRAN/19 1994 16 Jun-23 Dec, BM, G49/IRAN/19 1975-1990 Jul-end, BM, Iranian Room [IR] case ?, no. 12
Subjects
headgear/hairstyle
crown
jewellery
king/queen
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Indamic
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Maj-Gen Sir Alexander Cunningham
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
119999
Registration number
1870,1210.3
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1967,0220.494
(additional registration number)