[Bronze tortoise button “material official general seal”]
Bronze tortoise button “material official general seal”, Eastern Jin Dynasty, printed 2.1 × 2.1 cm, 2.3 cm high
It is printed with copper casting, tortoise button, Chinese seal character, chiseled white text, and read from the top right. From the style and structure of the seal, it should be the official seal of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
The material-officer general, the name of the military officer, was first seen in the Western Han Dynasty and was in charge of military affairs. The Cao Wei and the Western Jin Dynasty set up the material officer and the colonel, the Eastern Jin Dynasty set up the material officer and the general, the Southern Song and Qi Dynasties were subordinate to the ministry secretary and the leading general, and Liang and Chen belonged to the Shaofu Qing, in charge of civil engineering, and also led the army during the war. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the material officer was an intermediate military official, ranking six in the Jin Dynasty, and nine in the Southern Dynasty, ranking six hundred stones.
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