Indus Valley Floral Stamp Seal 23rd-20th century BC A large bronze discoid stamp with openwork design, accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993 which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 97 x 95 x 29mm. This is round, with scalloped edge, flat face and flat back, on which is mounted an angular handle with pear-shaped hole. The design, which is compartmented and partly open-work, consists of the outer band with scalloped rim within which are four plant motifs consisting of a central bud and two protecting leaves. The stems of two of these motifs join in the middle. the other two end in a triangle shape. This comes from west central Asia and
Indus Valley Floral Stamp Seal 23rd-20th century BC A large bronze discoid stamp with openwork design, accompanied by a typed and signed note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993 which states: 'Stamp Seal of Bronze, 97 x 95 x 29mm. This is round, with scalloped edge, flat face and flat back, on which is mounted an angular handle with pear-shaped hole. The design, which is compartmented and partly open-work, consists of the outer band with scalloped rim within which are four plant motifs consisting of a central bud and two protecting leaves. The stems of two of these motifs join in the middle. the other two end in a triangle shape. This comes from west central Asia and
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