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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:

--

Transliteration Three:

--


Registration Number: A23340

Accession Number: 2390

Field Number: PT4 866

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