Gem
Stamp Seal
29-128-1427
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1427 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian (uncertain) | Early Achaemenian (uncertain) |
| Date Made | ca. 538 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Chalcedony |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Human | Staff |
| Description | Sommerville: Chalcedony. An Assyrian seal. Incognito. Sassanian, Persian, and Assyrian Seals, Case ZZZZ. Vermeule: Chalcedony; perforated. Intaglio. Drilled circles and lines, vaguely resembling a human figure; sceptre-staff and a double ground line. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1427 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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