TWENTY-THREE SASSANIAN ELLIPSOID STAMP SEALS
TWENTY-THREE SASSANIAN ELLIPSOID STAMP SEALS

CIRCA 3RD-6TH CENTURY A.D.

細節
TWENTY-THREE SASSANIAN ELLIPSOID STAMP SEALS
circa 3rd-6th century a.d.
Including four of green jasper (a winged horse, a griffin, a device, and two humped bulls); three of carnelian (an animal, profile head, a bird); nine of chalcedony (a camel inscribed with the name "Vaspuhr," a bird, a lamassu, a pomegranate, a standing man, a standing woman, a profile head, a device, and a winged stag head); three of agate (a winged figure, a griffin head above a bull head, a bear with an inscription); three of hematite (a profile head, a bird, a hare); and a carnelian ring with a standing figure
1.1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) wide for the largest (23)
來源
Edward Durand (acquired circa 1884-1885 while he was with the "Afghan Border Commission") for ten
Colonel Rivett-Carnac for ten
Mohsen Foroughi Collection for the camel
出版
Gignoux and Gyselen, Sceaux sasanides de diverses collections prives, no. 30.33 for the camel