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HoB 421: Terracotta stamp seal. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Terracotta stamp seal
- Date
- Context: early to third quarter of 7th c BC, Lydian
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- Seal65.002
- Material
- Terracotta
- Object Type
- Seal
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- HoB
- Trench
- HoB
- Locus
- HoB Lydian II - Building H
- B-Grid Coordinates
- W32 / S123 *99.6
- Findspot
- W32 / S133 *99.6 (level above floor) ⁓ gravel east of east wall of Building H
- Description
- Cylindrical-shaped profile of seal; wider in diameter at the seal base; pierced transversely through its narrower top end for suspension. The sealing surface is incised with a cross; in each quadrant are incised linear symbols.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.043, Diam. of seal base 0.018–0.019, Diam. at top 0.014, Diam. of pierce 0.003.
- Comments
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Hanfmann, "Sardis 1965," p. 12, fig. 7.
- Author
- GGD