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◇ Collection Name:Bronze seal belonging to a minister
◇ Historical date:Western Han Dynasty
◇ Collection Size:Height:1.7cm Length:2.2cm Width:2.1cm
◇ Collection Source:Excavated at Shizishan in 1994-1995
This bronze seal is cast with a brigedshaped ornamental knob. The inscription is carved in negative relief with the characters Chu Sima Yin. Sima was the title of a senior Chu miitary official. A pproximately 200 bronze seals were found in Shizishan bearing inscriptions indicating she titles of court officials, military officials and county officials who served for the Chu kingdom.