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English: Indus stamp-seal 2500BC-2000BC. This stamp featured in the BBC/BM radio series 'A History of the World in 100 objects' as noted in the BM display. Previously thought to depict a unicorn, now thought to be a bull.
Date 29 July 2010
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Source/Photographer Fæ (Own work)
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British Museum reference 1892,1210.1
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English: Stamp-seal. A square stamp-seal with rounded edges showing a unicorn (more recently thought to be a bull) standing before a device and above a one-line inscription in six characters. Made of stone (steatite). ~ Description extract from BM record.
Size Height: 2.4 cm (0.94 in) (Of the seal) Width: 2.5 cm (0.98 in) Depth: 1.4 cm (0.55 in) Height: 2.8 cm (1.1 in) (Of the impression) Width: 2.7 cm (1.1 in) Depth: 0.6 cm (0.24 in)
Location Room 33

Enhancements: backcloth has been blurred to give better impression of focus on the seal and example stamp. As the photo focus was on the back ground and the stamps were raised above it, the focus is slightly off but the photo is perfectly good at normal thumb-nail size (220px wide).

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