Open AccessKushite Stamp Impressions from Selib 2, Sudan
Author(s) -
Roksana Hajduga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
études et travaux
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2449-9579
pISSN - 2084-6762
DOI - 10.12775/etudtrav.34.007
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , politics , context (archaeology) , iconography , history , trace (psycholinguistics) , visual arts , geography , art , political science , archaeology , law , linguistics , computer science , world wide web , philosophy , payment
More than two hundred sealings have been found since 2010 at Selib 2, a small Meroitic settlement in the Dongola Reach. This group come from the same context, in the S2/1/2010 storehouse and the most prominent building within the settlement. This paper focuses on selected impressions of thirty-one seals found on sealings and discusses them mainly in terms of iconography. Motifs from the sealings are both figural and non-figural. They reflect Meroitic beliefs, culture and politics. The catalogue and description of individual sealings, complete with photographs and drawings of stamp impressions, provide a firm base for preliminary observation regarding religion, symbols used by administrations and political propaganda, as well as allowing one to trace external influences and adaptation of foreign patterns.