What shape does clay take under a seal?
2007-08-06 04:52:51 · 4 answers · asked by JWill 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Suzanne: By "round" do you mean round like a ball? or round like a coin?
2007-08-06 05:05:37 · update #1
Ever see a movie set in medieval times?
The king sends a letter to someone and just before sending it, he plops some wax on the envelope and presses in his ring.
It leaves a 'logo' by which identification can be made.
Same thing.
2007-08-06 05:09:30 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in case you press a seal into clay (and by means of seal it ability a stamping seal, not the animal) it takes the form of the engraving on the seal. Ever considered somebody use a seal in the videos? They drip wax onto paper, and stamp it with the seal. Its the comparable concern, different than the bible is speaking approximately clay.
2016-11-11 09:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Job's time, seals were the shape of cylinders. When a person rolls a cylindrical seal over a piece of clay, the clay curls up. So the answer is: round.
After the impression is finished, it's gently smoothed down again.
Later in history, personal seals came in the form of flat stamps.
2007-08-06 04:59:13 · answer #3 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it takes the shape of the seal's flippers & butt.
:)
2007-08-06 05:03:43 · answer #4 · answered by MJF 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋