Accession No.:

2011.3786

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Description

Black round seal with faint image of male head.

Green label in bag reads 'An unusual design showing a male head right with an eagle on top of the head. Lebanon. £10'

Inscription

N/A

Notes

Alan Cole
This is a Roman papyrus seal bearing the impression of a head; commonly this depicted an emperor or a god. It would have been used, possibly in a seal case, to seal a cord that bound a papyrus scroll.

Language

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Associated Parties

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Place of Creation

Creator

Date Created

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Collection

Roman

Series

Antiquities

Object Type

Seal

Category

Seal

Materials

wax

Dimensions

w: -, h: -, d: 6