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The piece is distinguished by its wheel-shaped bronze seal stamp, adorned with a finely preserved geometrical motif. Compartmented stamp seals like this were widely used, likely serving a regional administrative or trade network. There history suggests shared regional symbols with local variations, featuring geometric designs such as lozenges, stars, and crosses, divided into sections for repeated stamping. They have been discovered across southern Margiana and northern Bactria. At the Altyn Tepe site in Turkmenistan, many seals were discovered in male tombs near the pelvis, suggesting they were originally worn on belts.
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Bactrian bronze artifact, circa 1200–800 BC
- Accented with mixed-shape grey spinels
- Includes Tahitian and South Sea pearls
- Set in oxidized silver
- Features a wheel-shaped bronze seal stamp with geometric motif
- Likely worn on belts by male members of society
- Museum examples: British Museum, The Met, Five Colleges Consortium