6988

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MuseumUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum

Object TypeStamp Seals

Season Number04: 1925-1926

TechniqueImpressed

IconographyBird

IconographyAnimal Scene

MaterialAmethyst

U Number6988

Description (Modern)Purple amethyst stamp seal. Flat stamp surface and a convex back. Pierced lengthwise for suspension.

Description (Catalog Card)Seal. Amethyst. Blue-violet. Flat on one side, convex on the other but not completely rounded, apex top. Hawk with spread wings, legs crossed in middle of breast. Neo-Babylonian. E.Woolley's description

Find Context (Catalog Card)Found at S end of KP near Neo-Bab copper tombs. Surface dirt

Material (Catalog Card)AmethystMaterial as described by Woolley

Museum Number (UPM B-number)B16302

Measurement (Catalog Card)L. 21mm, Greatest W. 19mm, Th. of base 3mm, H. 10mm

Measurement (X)25

Measurement (Y)21

Measurement (Z)13