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Title seal

Pressmark 1902,1220.124

Item type seal
1907,1111.27

Pressmark 1907,1111.27

Item type seal
1907,1111.28

Material bronze

Pressmark 1907,1111.28

Item type seal
Round seal made of intaglio rock crystal. The decoration shows a beardless male person in three-quarter profile. The hair is brushed from the centre of the head and forms a heavy bandeau over forehead and ears which is tied with a fillet. The man wears a bead earring and a plain tunic laced in the front. On either side of the head, three Br_hm_ characters have been incised.

Title Round seal made of intaglio rock crystal.…

Pressmark MAS.165

Item type seal
Elliptical seal made of intaglio garnet. Shown is a woman riding on a lion. She has hair falling over her shoulders and wears a skirt and a heavy girdle. Her upper body is bare and in her left hand, she holds a staff or a standard. The lion is depicted with a wide-open mouth, a forked tongue and a curled up tail. The decoration could be a slightly modified representation of the goddess Cybele, who is normally shown as arriving in a lion-drawn chariot to the accompaniment of music, wine, and a disorderly, ecstatic following. Alternatively, it could be a representation of the Indian goddess Durga who also rides on a lion.

Title Elliptical seal made of intaglio garnet. Shown…

Pressmark MAS.166

Item type seal
Cornelian intaglio seal.

Title Cornelian intaglio seal.

Pressmark MAS.167

Item type seal
Chalcedony intaglio seal.

Title Chalcedony intaglio seal.

Pressmark MAS.169

Item type seal
Ruby intaglio seal.

Title Ruby intaglio seal.

Pressmark MAS.170

Item type seal
Oblong seal made of intaglio garnet. The design shows the bust of a male in three-quarter profile. He wears a crown and a rosette of four beads in an angular setting on his forehead. A plait of hair frames the face. Round the neck of the man is a string of pearls and the cloak that is draped around the shoulders meets in a straight V on the chest.

Title Oblong seal made of intaglio garnet. The…

Pressmark MAS.177

Item type seal
Lapis lazuli intaglio seal.

Title Lapis lazuli intaglio seal.

Pressmark MAS.207

Item type seal
Oval seal made of intaglio garnet. Shown is a winged bull with a human head (Gopatshah). The face is bearded and on top of the head is a crown from which rises a feather plume. In front of the bull are five, behind the animal three characters in Pahlavi.

Title Oval seal made of intaglio garnet. Shown…

Pressmark MAS.209

Item type seal
Rectangular seal made of lignite. The object is pierced horizontally and bears an inscription consisting of four Chinese characters on one side.

Title Rectangular seal made of lignite. The object…

Pressmark MAS.524

Item type seal
Seal or bead of oblong shape, made of bone and pierced. Both the square and the oblong sides have been decorated with a) a lion; b) a rabbit seated in an upright position and c) a seated monkey. The fourth design is not discernible.

Title Seal or bead of oblong shape, made…

Pressmark MAS.559

Item type seal
Lignite seal of a pyramidal shape, pierced through the apex. The square base is decorated with the depiction of a man wearing a crown, head turned towards the left.

Title Lignite seal of a pyramidal shape, pierced…

Pressmark MAS.564

Item type seal
Wooden fragment. The oblong piece of wood is decorated with an incised pattern on one side. The decoration consists of alternating plain and dashed bands as well as two four-petalled flowers set within a circle. Two holes have been drilled into the wood.

Title Wooden fragment. The oblong piece of wood…

Pressmark MAS.566

Item type seal
Ink seal made of the tip of a horn. The design consists of a lotus throne upon which one Svastika and two Tibetan characters have been incised. A hole has been drilled into the object for suspension.

Title Ink seal made of the tip of…

Pressmark MAS.606

Item type seal
Lentoid seal made of lignite. One side shows the head of a person wearing an elaborate headdress and facing left, the other side an animal (dragon?) head, also facind left. The seal is pierced horizontally.

Title Lentoid seal made of lignite. One side…

Pressmark MAS.695

Item type seal

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