seal

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Object Type
Museum number: 1992,0626.1
Description: Carnelian seal with gold and ivory mount in the name of Major General Sir Willoughby Cotton, dated 1839.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1839 (later mount)
Materials: gold; ivory; cornelian
Dimensions: Height: 3.10 centimetres; Length: 10.10 centimetres (mount); Width: 3.90 centimetres (seal)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Porter 2011 / Arabic and Persian Seals and Amulets in the British Museum (627); Collon 1997a / 7000 Years of Seals (11/12)
Location: On display (G42/dc19)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2010-11, 15 Dec-23 Feb, London, BM, Gallery 34, 'Lasting Impressions: Seals from the Islamic World'.
Associated names
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1992
Department: Middle East
Registration number: 1992,0626.1
Conservation

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