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Sasanian gem

Place of production Syria (?)
Date 3–5th century AD
Object type intaglio and similar objects, scarab, scaraboid, seal
Medium, technique quartz, sard
Dimensions

15 × 19 × 21 mm

Inventory number 56.100-E
Collection Egyptian Art
On view Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian chamber of secrets

References

Harmatta, János, “Deux gemmes sassanides a inscriptions/Két feliratos Szaszanida gemma”, Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts/Szépművészeti Múzeum Közleményei 10 (1957), p. 8-20, 75-84., no. I.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.

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