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| Keywords: Byzantine - Commercial Stamp - Walters 542883.jpg Stamps and seals indicating ownership or manufacture were very important during the Early Byzantine period Artisans and merchants applied stamps to their products and people used them in homes to secure closets and chests The loops on the back allowed the stamps to be worn as rings making them always available The Greek inscription on this example translate as Health The piece was used to seal large casks of wine century 6 8 Late Antique bronze H 15/16 x L 3 7/16 x D 7/8 in 2 4 x 8 8 x 2 3 cm accession number 54 2883 26650 Daniel M Friedenberg Greenwich Connecticut and New York ca 1990 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Mr Daniel M Friedenberg 1994 Inscribed in Greek Hygieia Translation Health place of origin east Mediterranean Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
