Bronze seal with inscription “You sikong yin”, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)

Bronze seal with inscription “You sikong yin”, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE)

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• Image Number: K1A000429N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Western Han dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: emperor’s seal
• Material: Mineral/Metal/Bronze
• Description:
  The thin nose button has a thin print, and the printed surface is “Right Sikong Print” in four characters in white, with a field shaped grid; “Sikong”, together with Situ and Sima, was in charge of the construction of public works. In the early Han Dynasty, there were two kinds of Sikong.

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