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Stamp Seal: Hand

Stamp Seal: Hand

SealsSasanian4th-6th century

Stamp Seal: Hand

300-600 CE

Description

Grayish stone stamp seal; device shows hand with a small half moon on one side and a hatched curve below; back of seal incised with a leaf-like pattern. The seal has a dent on one side, there are traces of wear around the edges of the string hole, and the surface is noticeably abraded on the edge around the image. Stone tinged yellow on back of seal.

Classification

Seals

Technique

Carved

Medium

Alabaster

Culture

Sasanian

Period

Sasanian period

Century

4th-6th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

2 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (13/16 x 1 x 11/16 in.) string hole: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)

Provenance

Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (by 1998-2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002.

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