Terra Cotta Stamp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1963
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mortimer Clarke
notes: label: Notes
content: A personal seal.
label: Notes
content: In ancient times, objects were commonly closed or secured with clay seals, showing ownership or what official was responsible for inventory, etc.. This large clay stamp is probably a Late Ptolemaic or Roman period version of this function, a property stamp.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Impressed design on face; pinched lug on back."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Late Ptolemaic/Roman
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 245919
label: USNM Number
content: A435219-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Seal