Gold seal ring
The Lydians and their World
(2010)
Cat. 124
- Date
- Late Lydian (Persian)
- Museum
- Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, 4634
- Museum Inventory No.
- 4634
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IAM 4634
- Material
- Gold
- Object Type
- Jewelry and Ornaments, Seal
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Nec
- Trench
- Butler Tomb S16
- Locus
- Butler Tomb S16
- Description
- Gold seal ring, with carnelian scarab mounted on a swivel. The hoop is of 1.5-mm wire. Thinner wire runs through a hole drilled through the scarab, then passes through perforations in the ends of the hoop wire and wraps six times around the hoop wire on each side. The back of the scarab is shallowly and indistinctly modelled, although its folded wings are indicated by two incised lines. The underside is carved in intaglio, with an open-mouthed lion crouching right, its tail curved forward over its back. Diameter of ring 2.1 cm, length of scarab 1.2 cm, width 8 mm.
- Comments
- From Sardis, Sarcophagus T.S. 16. In the same sarcophagus was found ring no. 91 (Curtis).
- See Also
- Dusinberre, “Seals”.
- Bibliography
- Curtis 1925, no. 94.
- Author
- ED