The seal was published recently by Pierfrancesco Callieri and Nicholas Sims-Williams.

[6] The seal has a Bactrian language inscription mentioning the ruler "Eshkingil", with the title xoadeo ("Lord", "King"), and has been dated to the 5th-6th century CE,[4] or to the first half of the 5th century CE.

[2] The legend, deciphered by Nicholas Sims-Williams, reads: εϸκιγγιλοeškiggilo(...)(...)(ρ)ωκανο(r)ōkanoχοηοxoēoεϸκιγγιλο (...) (ρ)ωκανο χοηοeškiggilo (...) (r)ōkano xoēo"Eškiŋgil, Lord of (Ga)rokan"[7]The complete reading may be "Eshkingil, lord of (the people) such-and-such" or "Eshkingil, son of so-and-so, the lord".

[4] A Turk Shahi ruler of Kabul is also known in Arab sources as Khinkhil or Khinjil, who, according to Al-Yakubhi, gave his submission to Al-Mahdi in 775–785.

[1] The figure in the seal wears what is called a "tulip headdress", a type of headdress well known in Bactria from the time of the Kidarites (4th century CE), to the time of the Turks (6th century) and beyond.