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Stamp Seal: Hand
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Grayish stone stamp seal; device shows hand with a small half moon on one side and a hatched curve below; back of seal incised with a leaf-like pattern. The seal has a dent on one side, there are traces of wear around the edges of the string hole, and the surface is noticeably abraded on the edge around the image. Stone tinged yellow on back of seal.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Belmont MA (by 1998-2002) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2002.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Title: Stamp Seal: Hand
Description:
Grayish stone stamp seal; device shows hand with a small half moon on one side and a hatched curve below; back of seal incised with a leaf-like pattern.
The seal has a dent on one side, there are traces of wear around the edges of the string hole, and the surface is noticeably abraded on the edge around the image.
Stone tinged yellow on back of seal.
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