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Pyramidal stamp seal with silver mounting. View of bottom surface with carved winged figure. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Pyramidal stamp seal with silver mounting
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 130
- Date
- Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, 4578
- Museum Inventory No.
- 4578
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IAM 4578
- Material
- Silver, Stone
- Object Type
- Jewelry and Ornaments, Seal
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Nec
- Trench
- Butler Tomb 348
- Locus
- Butler Tomb 348
- Description
- Chalcedony pyramidal stamp seal, with silver mounting consisting of a flat band with simplified ducks’ bills holding the pin. A rounded silver band forms the suspension. The flat sealing surface is carved in intaglio, with a scene of heroic control: A winged figure in Persian court robe walks left on a ground line, holding by their tails two lions that turn their snarling heads back over their shoulders. Total height 3.1 cm, height of stone 2.2 cm, length of engraved face 1.6 cm, width 1.15 cm.
- Comments
- From Sardis, Tomb 348.
- See Also
- Dusinberre, “Seals”.
- Bibliography
- Curtis 1925, no. 111.
- Author
- ED