Period:Unknown
Materials:chalcedony
Technique:intaglio
Dimensions:Height: 1.10 centimetres Width: 0.90 centimetres
Description:
Elliptical seal made of banded chalcedony. The intaglio design is very simple and shows the head of a woman wearing a headdress.
IMG
Comments:Stein, Serindia, p. 215, pl. V: “Khot.0079. Elliptical intaglio of banded chalcedony. Beardless bust to L. For treatment cf. Khot.04.h, 0075 and 0076; but here still more crude. Profile, of series of dots, quite disconnected from cheek, and that again from shoulders and ear-ring. No back to head and no neck. Hair done in mass above head, treated with rows of drill-holes. Drop ear-ring. 3/8 x 5/16 inch. Pl.V.”
Materials:chalcedony
Technique:intaglio
Dimensions:Height: 1.10 centimetres Width: 0.90 centimetres
Description:
Elliptical seal made of banded chalcedony. The intaglio design is very simple and shows the head of a woman wearing a headdress.
IMG
Comments:Stein, Serindia, p. 215, pl. V: “Khot.0079. Elliptical intaglio of banded chalcedony. Beardless bust to L. For treatment cf. Khot.04.h, 0075 and 0076; but here still more crude. Profile, of series of dots, quite disconnected from cheek, and that again from shoulders and ear-ring. No back to head and no neck. Hair done in mass above head, treated with rows of drill-holes. Drop ear-ring. 3/8 x 5/16 inch. Pl.V.”
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