A Cylindrical Seal from Susa IVA

Document Type : Original Research Article

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department of Art, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/pa.2023.394926.1056

Abstract

In archaeology seals are generally considered as one of the most important data bearing important economic, political and even artistic information of relevant time periods. Moreover, the iconography of seals play an informative role to explore the main characteristics of seals or sealing in order to better understand the social, economic or even the administrative contexts of the societies which have provided them. Different styles in the different areas and times are known in terms of pictography that can help researchers understand the characteristics of a time period better in the absence of sufficient information.
The cylindrical seal No. 1841 has been registered in the catalogue of the National Museum of Iran with an "unknown" location. The similarity of the image engraved on this seal to the images of seals obtained from Susa caused this article aimed introducing the seal and to specify iconography and stylistics and finally its date and origin by comparative study.
The present study has been conducted to answer the questions of this research: "What style and time period can be considered for the iconography of the cylindrical seal in the National Museum?" and "Is it possible to prove that it belongs to the city of Susa according to the iconography of the image of the relevant seal?" Studies that have been conducted under comparative method and with the approach of the images analysis, the IVA style of Susa is considered for it and the possibility that this seal belongs to Susa is approved.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 27 November 2023
  • Receive Date: 22 June 2023
  • Accept Date: 27 November 2023