A SASSANIAN HAEMATITE STAMP SEAL
A SASSANIAN HAEMATITE STAMP SEAL

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

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A SASSANIAN HAEMATITE STAMP SEAL
circa 6th century a.d.
The fluted stamp flaring to the knotched oval face engraved with the portrait bust of a bearded man in profile the left, wearing an earring, the hair in a fillet, the shoulders draped, a crescent moon in the field to the right, an inscription, possibly Syriac, running vertically to the left
in. (2 cm) long

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