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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.194.3
Title
Stamp Seal
Other Titles
Former Title: Early Hittite Seal
Classification
Seals
Work Type
seal
Date
2nd Millennium BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Anatolia
Period
Bronze Age, Late
Culture
Anatolian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165224

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
h. 3.3 x diam. 2.2 cm (1 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: ICP-MS/AAA data from sample, Bronze:
Cu, 88.94; Sn, 10.2; Pb, 0.16; Zn, 0.005; Fe, 0.08; Ni, 0.12; Ag, 0.04; Sb, less than 0.05; As, 0.42; Bi, less than 0.025; Co, 0.037; Au, less than 0.01; Cd, less than 0.001
J. Riederer

Technical Observations: The patina is pale green and black. The stamp seal is intact, but some surfaces are not well preserved. The seal was cast by the lost-wax process with the designs for the stamp apparently done in the wax model prior to casting.


Carol Snow (submitted 2002)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hans Silvius von Aulock, Istanbul; sold [through Christie's, New York, June 13, 2000, no.522] to Harvard University Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Leslie Cheek, Jr. and Purchase through the generosity of Sol Rabin and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.194.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Stamp seal with a thick, circular seal plate and a faceted, tapered handle, terminating in a horizontally drilled, hammer-shaped knob. On the seal surface there are spiral designs and hieroglyphics (?).

Publication History

  • Hans Henning van der Osten, Altorientalische Siegelsteine der Sammlung Hans Silvius von Aulock, Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB (Uppsala, 1957), p. 94, no. 88, fig.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

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Verification Level

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