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Pyramidal stamp seal with silver mounting. Side view of bottom surface with carved lion-griffin. (Courtesy of the Vedat Nedim Tör Museum, Istanbul)
Pyramidal stamp seal with silver mounting
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 131
- Date
- Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, 4642
- Museum Inventory No.
- 4642
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IAM 4642
- Material
- Silver, Stone
- Object Type
- Jewelry and Ornaments, Seal
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Nec
- Trench
- Butler Tomb 611
- Locus
- Butler Tomb 611
- Description
- “Blue chalcedony pyramidal stamp seal, with a portion of a silver mounting consisting of a flat silver strip and the pin running through the stone. The flat sealing surface is carved in intaglio, with a winged, horned lion-griffin walking right on a groundline. In the field before it are three small dots” (Dusinberre). Present height 2.4 cm, length engraved face 1.5 cm, width 1.05 cm.
- Comments
- From Sardis, Tomb 611.
- See Also
- Dusinberre, “Seals”.
- Bibliography
- Curtis 1925, no. 113.
- Author
- ED