Conspectus of the Catalogue of Sasanian Seals

Sanjyot Mehendale
January 2002
10. Individual/personage
A. Woman
  -standing to the right10.A.01-10.A.03
  -standing to the right, holding scarf 10.A.04
B. Man
  -standing to the right10.B.01-10.B.04
  -seated on a stool10.B.05
  -schematized10.B.06
D. Gayomard
  -standing over a dog10.D.01-10.D.10
  -ithyphallic10.D.11-10.D.15
E. Multiple subjects
  -humans10.E.01
  -gayomards10.E.02-10.E.03
  -humans and animals10.E.04
F. Body parts
  -hand10.F.01
11. Individuals in action
  -humans11.01-11.02
  -horsemen11.03-11.04
13. Individual and animal in action
  -human versus lion13.01-13.02
14. Individual versus fantastic creature
  -horseman versus female bust14.01
16. Individual and object
  -man and fire altar16.01-16.02
  -priest and fire altar16.03-16.05
20. Busts
Single Subjects
B. Male in profile wearing a turban/tiara20.B.01-20.B.03
C. Male in profile with beard and long curly hair20.C.01
D. Male in profile wearing courtly headdress20.D.01-20.D.03
F. Male in profile with tailed headdress20.F.01-20.F.11
G. Male frontal20.G.01
J. Imitation of foreign type20.J.01
Multiple Subjects
L. Two-headed bust20.L.01
30. Animals
I. Quadrupeds
  -Hare30.B.01-30.B.14
  -Bear30.D.01
  -Feline
  -Lion
  --standing to the right30.E.01-30.E.06
  --seated to the right30.E.07-30.E.09
  --"sleeping"30.E.10-30.E.11
  -Unidentified feline
  --standing to the right30.E.12-30.E.13
  -Horse30.G.01-30.G.05
  -Boar30.H.01-30.H.02
  -Camel30.I.01-30.I.02
  -Stag
  -standing to the right30.J.01-30.J.06
  -seated with head turned back30.J.07-30.J.10
  -seated with head to the right30.J.11-30.J.23
  -Zebu
  -standing to the right30.K.01-30.K.08
  -standing or seated to the right30.K.09-30.K.25
  -Ram
  -standing to the right30.L.01-30.L.03
  -seated to the right30.L.04-30.L.09
  -seated, with head turned back to left30.L.10-30.L.13
  -ram(?) standing to the right30.L.14
  -Antilope
  -running to the right30.M.01-30.M.02
  -seated to the right30.M.03-30.M.11
  - up on hind legs, to the left30.M.12
  -Unidentified Quadruped30.N.01-30.N.05
II. Birds
  -Cock30.S.01-30.S.07
  -Peacock30.S.08
  -Duck30.S.09-30.S.15
  -Unidentified, duck type30.S.16-30.S.17
  -Bird with raised tail, ribbons around neck,
and branch in beak30.S.18
  -Eagle30.S.19-30.S.28
  -Indistinct30.S.29-30.S.43
III.Scorpion and Fish
  -Scorpion30.T.01-30.T.08
  -Fish30.T.09-30.T10
IV.Multiple Subjects
  -Rams30.X.01-30.X.02
  -Stags30.X.03
  -Stag and Ram30.X.04
  -Horses30.X.05
V.Part of animal corpus
  -Single subject
  --bear's head30.Y.01
  --boar's head30.Y.02
  --stag's head30.Y.03-30.Y.06
  --ram's head30.Y.07-30.Y.09
  --bull's head30.Y.10-30.Y.15
  --schematized30.Y.16-30.Y.17
  -Multiple subject
  --2 subjects30.Y.18
  --4 subjects, animal wheel30.Y.19-30.Y.21
31. Animal and Human
  -Wolf suckling an infant31.01
33. Animal Versus Animal
  -Lion and quadruped33.01-33.03
  -Animal and smaller animal33.04-33.05
  -Eagle attacking ram33.06
  -2 Scorpions33.07
  -2 Birds33.08-33.11
40. Fantastic Creatures
A. Winged Being
  -Single subject
  --human40.A.01-40.A.02
  --lion40.A.03
  --horse40.A.04-40.A.15
  --zebu40.A.16
  --indistinct40.A.17-40.A.18
  -Multiple subject40.A.19
B.Composite Being
  -Body of bovine, human head and wings
(Lamassu)40.B.01-40.B.09
  -Griffin40.B.10
  -Sen Bird
  --standing40.B.11-40.B.22
  --seated40.B.23-40.B.29
  --jumping40.B.30-40.B.31
  -Tailed man40.B.32-40.B.34
C. Monsters
  -multiple faces40.C.01-40.C.02
  -Masque40.C.03-40.C.04
50. Naturalistic Subject
A. Floral Motifs
  -Pomegranate50.A.01-50.A.09
  -Tree50.A10
  -Flower50.A.11-50.A.12
  -Plant50.A.13-50.A.14
60. Inanimate Subject
  -Fire altar60.01-60.04
70. Monograms
  -Tamga70.01-70.18
80. Unidentified Subjects80.01-80.06
100. Islamic Seals100.01-100.04
200. Forgeries200.01-200.04
300. Amulet300.01
Conspectus of the Catalogue of Sasanian Bullae
400. Bullae400.1-400.2

 

 

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