General
General
Object Auto ID
60141
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_33404
6116
Common Name
Inscribed stone
Classified Name
Stone
COMMUNICATION ARTIFACTS
Local Name
Stone, postal
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Inscribed postal stone. On the one side is a Dutch inscription, on the other a French inscription. The Dutch inscription refers to the ships Banda, Wassenaer and Egmont that left Texel in the Netherlands on 7 December 1633 bound for Asia. The ships visited the Cape from 7 until 11 April 1684.

Provenance

Part of the historical collections of the South African Museum that were transferred to the South African Cultural History Museum in the 1960s, today forming part of the Social History Collections of Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Owner
Iziko Museums of South Africa - Social History Collections
Description
Technique Types
Inscribed stone
Colours
Bluish grey
Distinguishing Features

A postal stone with two inscriptions, one on the face side, the other on the reverse side. The inscriptions are Dutch and French respectively.

Inscriptions
One side has a Dutch engraved inscription: 1634 BANDA WASSENAER EN D[E] EGMONT SYN DEN XI APRIL VERTROCKE SOECKT BRIEF. The reverse side has a French inscription: ICY EST ARIVE DAVID DIGAED DE DIEPPE 8 JO[UR] DE FEV[R]IER 1...[640]
Measurement Type Unit Value
Width
mm
500.00
Height
mm
220.00
Dimension Comments
Stone has rectangular shape of irregular dimensions.
History
Object Age
1634
Object Age Comment
Pre-colonial period
Maker Comment
Unknown maker
Production Place
Cape of Good Hope
Collector
Iziko Museums of South Africa - Social History Collections
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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