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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.501.13
Title
Stamp Seal with Two Goat Heads
Classification
Seals
Work Type
seal
Date
10th-8th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Luristan (Iran)
Find Spot: Middle East, Iran, Western Iran
Period
Iron Age
Culture
Iranian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/303736

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Leaded bronze
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Dimensions
3.8 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm (1 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
Base: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
Technical Details

Chemical Composition: XRF data from Tracer
Alloy: Leaded Bronze
Alloying Elements: copper, tin, (lead)
Other Elements: iron

K. Eremin, January 2014

Technical Observations: Much of the stamp is covered by green and tan corrosion and burial accretions. The pattern on the underside of the stamp is illegible due to the corrosion and accretions. The areas of exposed metal surface are smooth and range in color from dark cupritic red to green.

The object was cast in one piece by the lost-wax process. Although the surface of the object is quite worn, the waxy feel of the model, which was created directly in the wax, is preserved in the rather crude, rounded shapes.


Francesca G. Bewer (submitted 2012)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Kurt H. Weil, Montclair, NJ (1927-1992), by descent; to Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, New York (1912-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Professor Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.501.13
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Bronzes

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