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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

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