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Hunnic Clay Sealing. Alkhan / Alchon Huns. 5th cent. AD
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Hunnic Clay Sealing. Alkhan / Alchon Huns. 5th cent. AD
Hunnic Clay Sealing with Bactrian Inscription
Hunnic Clay Sealing. Alkhan / Alchon Huns. 5th cent. AD
Hunnic Clay Sealing. Alkhan / Alchon Huns. 5th cent. AD
Hunnic Clay Sealing with Bactrian Inscription
Hunnic Clay Sealing. Alkhan / Alchon Huns. 5th cent. AD
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Hunnic Clay Sealing. Alkhan / Alchon Huns. 5th cent. AD

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SKU: 3723 Categories: Clay Sealings, NEW ITEMS Tags: Alchon Huns, Alkhan Huns, bactria, bactrianumis, bulla, clay sealing, Gandhara, Hephthalites, hunnic, hunnic tribes, huns, iranian huns, western turks, white huns
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The Hephthalites (also known as the White Huns) were a powerful group of Iranian Huns who ruled over Central Asia, Afghanistan, northern India, and parts of Iran during the 5th–6th centuries AD. They played a crucial role in the decline of the Sasanian Empire and the fragmentation of the Gupta Empire in India

Hephthalite Clay Sealing (5th century AD)
  • Material and dimensions: Clay. 11.55 g, 20 x 30 mm
  • Function: Likely used to seal official documents, goods, or correspondence in trade and administration
  • Iconography: Seal impression of a female ruler with elongated deformed skull
Significance
  • Reflects the bureaucratic and economic structures of the Hephthalite state
  • Indicates cultural interactions between the Iranian Huns, Indian, Sogdian, and Persian civilizations
  • Similar artifacts have been found in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and northern India, showing their vast network

Extremely RARE

Reference:

Z-338932 (this item)

Featured in “Seals, Sealings and Tokens from Bactria to Gandhara (4th to 8th century CE)” by Judith Lerner & Nicholas Sims-Williams, page 146

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