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RES 3492
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
By kind permission of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
CIH: iii/i, pl. XLIX
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
| Deposit | Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Sem 62, later Sem 1145 |
SUPPORT INFORMATION
| Support type | Artefact » Seal » Stamp seal | ||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Semiprecious stone | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | h. 2.1, w. 1.8, th. 1.2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration |
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| Notes on support and decorations | This oval chalcedony seal was drilled longitudinally. The seal face is finished all around with a circular incised line and it is divided in four registers, by single incised lines. In the upper register there is a quadruped facing right (probably a lion with open mouth); on the two central registers there is the two-line inscription; on the lower one a bird with splayed wings, probably an ostrich, is visible. |
ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE
| Modern site | Unknown |
| Ancient site | Unknown |
| Geographical area | Unknown |
| Country | Unknown |
| Link to site record |
EPIGRAPHS
| Title | RES 3492 |
| Concordance | CIH 821 |
| Language | Ancient South Arabian » Undefined Ancient South Arabian language |
| Link to epigraph record |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Müller, David H. 1899: 54 | Müller, David H. (ed.) 1899. Südarabische Altertümer im Kunsthistorischen Hofmuseum. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. [Im Auftrage und mit Unterstützung des Oberstlämmerer-Amtes seiner K. und K. Apost. Majestät] |
| Pickworth Wong 1999: 264, cat. 74 | Pickworth Wong, Diana 1999. Stamp seals of the ancient Yemen. (PhD, University of California, Berkeley). |