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Historical Archive: Sasanian material (224-651 CE)

Undigitized material listed below. If you need an image that is not yet digitized, feel free to contact me and I will prioritize the requested object.


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incantation bowl from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 6th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.03.3756 		Click to enlarge.
incantation bowl with Aramaic inscription to protect the woman Ngray from illness and curses, from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9504 		Click to enlarge.
incantation bowl from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9503 		Click to enlarge.
egg shell from Seleucia (Iraq) with ink gibberish inscription, possibly to break a curse, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9050 		Click to enlarge.
Dionysiac scene on Sasanian silver/gilt dish, 224-651, from Alkino village, Pernoll, MSHM
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cylinder seal, probably Sassanian, crystal, Leiden A 1952/1.2 		Click to enlarge.
cylinder seal, probably Sassanian, crystal, Leiden A 1952/1.2 		Click to enlarge.
cylinder seal, probably Sassanian, crystal, Leiden A 1952/1.2 		Click to enlarge.
Abraham and Isaac, banded agate intaglio, CdM Chab. 1330
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Valerian (253-60) captured by Shapur I (241-72), Sassanian sardonyx cameo, c. 260 CE, CdM Babelon 360
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wings, Persian inscription: stucco, 6th c., Met 32.150.48. For other views see Met. 		Click to enlarge.
Eleanor Vase: crystal vessel Sasanian sixth/seventh century, or Islamic; metalwork 1137-47. Louvre MR 340. This work has its own page. 		Click to enlarge.
Cup of Chosroes. Gold, rock crystal, red and green glass, Sassanian, 531-579. CdM Chab. 2538. This work has its own page.


bearded figure, crystal intaglio, Leiden B 1982/5.632

female bust with Pahlavi inscription, carnelian intaglio, 4th c., BM 120174

lion, almandine intaglio, 7th c., BM 119769

mother and child with Pahlavi inscription, garnet intaglio, CdM Chab. 1331

pheasant with Pahlavi inscription, crystal intaglio, 6th c., BM 120301

Visitation? Carnelian intaglio, CdM Chab. 1332