About the Artwork
Seal Ring with Zebu Bull and Inscription of Owner's Name and Modern Impression
between 300 and 600 CE
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Unknown
Sasanian
Agate
Overall: 7/8 × 1/2 × 3/4 inches (2.2 × 1.3 × 1.9 cm)
Glyptic Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund
1991.12
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed: ywdy dpywr [translated: Joy the scribe]
Provenance
(Mr. Revel Maghsoudi, Rochester, Michigan, USA)
1991-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Sasanian, Seal Ring with Zebu Bull and Inscription of Owner's Name and Modern Impression, between 300 and 600 CE, agate. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, 1991.12.
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