Abstract

This cobalt blue glass ring stamp-seal was unearthed in a Roman clay sarcophagus, near Umutlu town, in Akdağmadeni, Yozgat. The object in question, which was probably used as a ring stamp-seal in the first millenium BC, was re-used as an amulet in the Roman period. In this paper, the scene on the amulet stamp has been interpreted, and a production date suggested. Since there is no inscription on this amulet/stamp-seal, it can be dated by means of the type of the sun disc and the characteristics of the figures on it. According to the evidence, this glass stamp-seal from a Roman grave may probably be dated to the first millenium BC, and it may probably have originated from Cyprus, because of a number of reasons such as its Phoenician typology, similar findings from Cyprus, its production material, i.e. glass, and the scene on the seal.