Stamp Seal
B7301
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | B7301 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Parthian |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Chalcedony |
| Iconography | Parthian Head |
| Description | hemispherical. parthian head and bust with long hair and ornaments. erased inscription above. Sommerville #500 (1889): Pale Sard - Intaglio Seal. Inscription partly obliterated. With plaster impression. PBS XIV: A Parthian head and bust with long hair, short beard, a necklace, a mantle covering both shoulders. There are ornaments like a three pronged fork on the breast, a star and a crescent on either side and an erased inscription in Pehlvi characters above the head. Hemispherical seal. Chalcedony, 19 x 18 ½ mm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 1040 - Other Number | 500 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-500 - Old Museum Number | CBS7301 - Other Number | P262323 - CDLI Number |
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