Context (Display)
Seals mounted on grey-faced cardboard and numbered in pencil 1-8.
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Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with TEMP.03231 A-C and TEMP.03231 E-G.
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Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note on reverse of cardboard display board: '1 + 2 Scaraboids Warren Coll. 3 " BM 4 5 " Warren Coll. 6 " BM 7 Scarab BM 8 " Warren Coll'
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Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
In his letter of 20 August 1919, Andrew Gow speculates that some of the impressions - made from his own electrotypes - relate to seals or intaglios made in Italy by Italians. Others appear to be impressions of seals or intaglios from ancient, possibly Classical, Greece held in other collections.
Event Date 20/8/1919
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Other owners)
A letter from Andrew Gow dated 20 August 1919 (TEMP.03231 F), enclosed with the seals, is addressed to Professor Ridgeway.
Event Date 20/8/1919
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Eight red, oval, wax seal impressions. The die designs depict a man mounting a horse with a Greek inscription, possibly 'ΕΠΙΜΗΝΕΣ' around the outer edge (.1); a heron (.2); an archer with an animal at his feet (.3); a stag (.4); a horse with an inscription either side, possibly ‘ηota nea’ (.5); a human figure carrying a burden on their back (.6); a seated nude figure (.7); a male figure bending over a sword, possibly Ajax (.8).
Event Date 10/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Analysis)
The die design on TEMP.03231 D.2 is depicted on TEMP.03231 A.2.
Event Date 10/12/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue