Sealing
Classification/Broad: Seals and Sealings
Classification/Specific: Sealing
Material/Broad: Clay
Material/Specific: Clay, Baked
Measurements: 19 Th x 48 Diam mm
Description: Clay bulla with six seal impressions. Impression of Seal No. 5 (PTS 5*): Hero holding two winged human-headed bulls flanking a date palm below a winged disk symbol; Xerxes' Old Persian inscription "Xerxes, Great King;" impression of Seal No. 19 (PTS 19): two winged bull-men supporting winged disk symbol; impression of Seal No. 44 (PTS 44s): naked human figure in a chariot drawn by two horses; impression of Seal No. 54 (PTS 54s): standing man with a raised arm; impression of Seal No. 55 (PTS 55s): seated man before a symbol; impression of Seal No. 7 (PTS 70s): striding bull with lowered head.
Region: Southwestern Iran
Country: Iran
Place/site: Persepolis
Place/other: Fars Province
Locus: Terrace 4, Treasury, Room 33, column base A3, Plot HG 41, floor
Period: Achaemenid
Date: ca. 467-459 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: A23340
Accession Number: 2390
Field Number: PT4 866
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