stamp-seal
- Museum number
- 120228
- Description
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Circular stamp-seal of glazed white steatite; engraved with design showing a bull standing over a manger; Indus inscription along the top; top of domed reverse broken.
- Production date
- 2500 BC-2000 BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.50 centimetres
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Height: 2.80 centimetres (Height of Seal Impression)
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Height: 0.60 centimetres
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Weight: 8 grammes
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Width: 3 centimetres (Width of Seal Impression)
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Depth: 0.30 centimetres (Depth of Seal Impression)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- On display (G52/dc1)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2018, 6 May- 30 June, National Museum, New Delhi, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories
2017-2018, 10 Nov 2017 - 18 Feb 2018, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai, India, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories
2016-2017, 21 Oct-21 Apr, Perth, Australia, Western Australian Museum, “Travellers and Traders in the Indian Ocean World”
2003 Apr-Oct, Graz, Eggenberg Palace, 'The Tower of Babel'
1992 BM, G88/'Seals of the World'
BM, Room of Writing
- Condition
- Top of domed reverse missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1883
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 120228
- Registration number
- 1883,1116.1
