[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c13.s4 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c13.s4: 8.4 Seals, Sealings and Intaglios An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c13.s4 - **Language:** English ### 8.4 Seals, Sealings and Intaglios ### [v1.c13.s4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s4.1) LOTHAL has yielded a seal of Persian Gulf origin—a circular steatite object with two jumping gazelles flanking a two-headed dragon on the obverse and a large boss, four circles and three grooves on the reverse. A cylinder seal apparently of stone set in a gold handle and bearing two lines of cuneiform inscription ascribed to \*c.\* 2000 B.C., now in the Nagpur Museum, may have come to \*c.\* India from the country of its origin, though its findspot is not known. Also unexplained is the occurrence of a cylinder seal at MASKI. ### [v1.c13.s4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s4.2) ARIKAMEDU has produced a Graeco-Roman gem bearing the head of Augustus in intaglio. The Bibliotheque at Pondicherry also possessses a quartz intaglio of Graeco-Roman workmanship, representing Cupid and a bird, apparently an eagle. The gem is untrimmed and may therefore have been made locally by a Mediterranean craftsman. ## Linked texts (2) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) - [Maski](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.maski) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s4) · Pramāṇa