Barrel-shaped stamp seal with South Semitic writing

Published/Created:

ca. 700 BCE-450 BCE

Notes:

Stamp seal made of chalcedony, drilled lengthwise, with North Arabian inscription. From the Neo-Babylonian or Persian period (late 8th to early 5th century BCE). Depicts a beardless man. The gestures and dress are stylistically Babylonian.

Variant Titles:

Vienna Seal 1247

Topics:

Writing -- Materials and instruments -- (LC)

Culture:

Mesopotamian

Accession Number:

254074

Genre:

seals (artifacts) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Currency, Coins & Medals

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

B: Sass, Studia Alphabetica, 1991

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Vienna, Austria: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 17396

OID:

315839

PID:

digcoll:2269868