159: Ivory Four-sided Seal

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/19/2
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 6.5 x 15.2 cm
Scope and Content Two ink illustrations, labelled a and b. a, on the left, shows a four-sided seal, with two visible faces which correspond to d and e of 1936/01/05/19/03. b, on the right, shows an imprint one face of this seal: a sitting beast with wings, a lion's body and a dog-like head. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Miscellaneous small ivory carvings: the following are noteworthy:- Ivory four-sided seal (a-e). These were mounted as pendants by the hole at the top: more often in bone than in ivory; about 700 B.C."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/19], 159: Miscellaneous Small Ivory Carvings