BYZANTINE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

細節

AN EARLY JEWISH BRONZE STAMP SEAL
Byzantine Period, Circa 6th-7th Century A.D.
The rectangular seal inscribed in Hebrew reading, "L'Pesach," with a ring handle at the back
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm) wide

來源

Moriah Galleries, New York, circa 1970

出版

Friedenberg, "The Evolution and Uses of Jewish Byzantine Stamp Seals" in The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery, vol. 52/53. 1994/1995, fig. 9.

拍品專文

In the above article, the author/collector suggests that this seal was likely used on the stopper of an amphora rather than as a bread stamp. He concludes, therefore, that it was used to designate and seal amphorae holding Passover wine.