Stamp, Egypt, 332 BC - 30 BC
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
332 BC - 30 BC
Stamp in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number M.84-1917), made in Egypt, dated 332 BC - 30 BC, attributed to unknown. The museum's brief description reads: Bronze stamp, Egypt, Ptolemaic period.
Museum description: Oblong bronze stamp with a square loop-handle, and inscription in relief running over two lines. The raised letters would leave a sunken impression when stamped into a loaf of bread. The museum records it as Bronze, measuring Length 5.5 cm; Width 3.1 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Length 5.5 cm; Width 3.1 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Bronze
- Maker recorded
- unknown
- Place recorded
- Egypt
Identification
- Museum object name
- Stamp
- Museum object number
- M.84-1917
- Museum system number
- O271564
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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