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Bronze seal inscribed with “Dai Hou zhi yin"(seal of the Marquis of Dai)
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Date：Western Han (206 BCE-9 CE)

Dimensions: Height: 1.4cm; length: 2.2cm; width: 2.2cm

Origin: Excavated from Han Tomb No.2 at Mawangdui, Changsha City, Hunan Province in 1973

The bronze seal with a tortoise-shaped knob, is a funerary object.

At the bottom of the seal, four Chinese characters “Dai Hou zhi yin” were inscribed. “yin” means the seal, “Dai” is the family name and “hou” refers to the official rank of Marquis, which infers the rank of the owner of the seal Li Cang, the occupant of Mawangdui Tomb No.2.


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