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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. 132
- Date
- Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, 5134
- Museum Inventory No.
- 5134
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IAM 5134
- Material
- Silver, Stone
- Object Type
- Jewelry and Ornaments, Seal
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Nec
- Trench
- Butler Tomb 1005
- Locus
- Butler Tomb 1005
- Description
- “Chalcedony pyramidal stamp seal, with corroded silver mounting consisting of a flat band with simplified ducks’ bills holding the pin. The sealing surface is carved in intaglio, with an open-mouthed lion-griffin walking right” (Dusinberre). Total height 2.6 cm, length of engraved face 1.5 cm.
- Comments
- From Sardis, Tomb 1005. “In the same tomb was found seal no. 120” (Curtis).
- See Also
- Dusinberre, “Seals”.
- Bibliography
- Curtis 1925, no. 115.
- Author
- ED