Sealing

Classification/Broad: Seals and Sealings

Classification/Specific: Sealing

Material/Broad: Clay

Material/Specific: Clay, Baked

Measurements: 40 L x 37 W mm

Description: Clay bulla with seal impression; oval, cord impression on the back. Impression of Seal No. 5 (PTS 5*) on the obverse: heroic control scene showing two human-headed winged bulls below winged disk symbol, and date palm, with inscription of the royal name of Xerxes I.

Region: Southwestern Iran

Country: Iran

Place/site: Persepolis

Place/other: Fars Province

Locus: Terrace 3, Treasury, Room 11, Plot HG 73, floor

Period: Achaemenid

Date: Nov 467 BC-April 459 BC

Culture: --

Dynasty: Achaemenid Dynasty

King/Ruler: Xerxes I Artaxerxes I

Inscribed: No

Inscription Sequence Number: --

Inscription Language: Old Persian

Script: Cuneiform

Dialect: --

Inscription Description: The inscription on the impression of the inscribed seal PTS 5*.

Inscription Subject: --

Inscription Type: --

Inscription Location: --

Translation:

Xerxes, Great King

Transliteration One:

x-š-y-a-r-š-a

: xš : v-z-r-k

Transliteration Two:

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Transliteration Three:

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Registration Number: A23049

Accession Number: 2390

Field Number: PT3 407