seal BM-MAS.833

Period:Unknown Production date:2ndC BC(late)-2ndC(late) (circa)
Materials:wood
Technique:carved

Dimensions:Height: 3.80 centimetres Width: 1.60 centimetres Depth: 1.40 centimetres

Description:
Seal made of wood. The seal consists of an oblong wooden block that has been cut away on one end to form the sealing face. This consists of one Chinese character only that is no longer legible. Traces of red ink can still be seen.
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Comments:Stein, Serindia, pp. 599, 780, 786, pl. LIII: “T.XXVIII.j. Wooden ink-seal; oblong block of tamarisk(?) wood, roughly cut away at one end to make small projecting sealing-face 5/16 inch sq.; no longer perfect, but containing a single Chin. char., not determined. [Mr L.C. Hopkins.] Cf. T.XXVII.15.d. 1 ½ inch x 9/16 inch sq. Pl.LIII.”