Inscribed, Pehlevi: [translated: I place my support in the gods]
Seal Ring with Bearded Man and Modern Impression, 225 - 500 CE
- Sasanian
Banded agate
- Overall: 13/16 × 1 × 3/4 inches (2.1 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm)
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Graham John Graham
45.32
On View
- Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1, West
Department
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Details
(Charles L. Morley)
1945-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Von der Osten. Ancient Oriental Seals in the Collection of Mrs. Agnes Baldwin Brett. pp. 1, 21, 30, 48, 54; pl. XII, p. 159.
Sasanian, Seal Ring with Bearded Man and Modern Impression, 225 - 500 CE, banded agate. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mrs. Graham John Graham, 45.32.