# The Karanovo seal

> A clay stamp seal, a disc 6 cm across and 2 cm thick with a handle, found by Georgi Georgiev at the Karanovo tell near Nova Zagora, Bulgaria. Its face…

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**ART** 0DEDTNMKD73T·Artifact · seal

# The Karanovo seal

SealKaranovo VI, late Chalcolithic, later 5th millennium BC

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A clay stamp seal, a disc 6 cm across and 2 cm thick with a handle, found by Georgi Georgiev at the Karanovo tell near Nova Zagora, Bulgaria. Its face carries straight abstract signs divided into four fields by the arms of a cross. It belongs to the late Chalcolithic Karanovo VI horizon, later than the Vinča material, and is often grouped with it in Danube script literature; proposed readings as constellations are not accepted.

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- [Balkan Neolithic Scripts](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNE996X68/balkan-neolithic-scripts)_SRC_
- [The Karanovo Seal (Virtual Museum of the Inscriptions)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNVAYQCG7/the-karanovo-seal-virtual-museum-of-the-inscriptions)_SRC_

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Karanovo seal [Artifact ART0DEDTNMKD73T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDTNMKD73T
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Key

**ART** 0DEDTNMKD73T

Kind

Seal

Held by

Bulgaria (Nova Zagora or Sofia museums; holder not confirmed here)

Dated

Karanovo VI, late Chalcolithic, later 5th millennium BC

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[Vinča signs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs)

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