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Source Description
This ornament once decorated the tip of a sword's scabbard. In a relief carved on a wall of the palace of the Achaemenid king Darius I (reigned 522-486 BCE), a man is depicted wearing a scabbard with a nearly identical tip. The design derives from an image of a lion attacking an ibex.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
35769
label
Scabbard Tip
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35769
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Scabbard Tip
description
This ornament once decorated the tip of a sword's scabbard. In a relief carved on a wall of the palace of the Achaemenid king Darius I (reigned 522-486 BCE), a man is depicted wearing a scabbard with a nearly identical tip. The design derives from an image of a lion attacking an ibex.
provenance
The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by purchase.
date
first half 5th century BCE (Achaemenid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
scabbards
ornaments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.2
height
7.2
depth
1.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/16 x W: 2 13/16 x D: 1/2 in. (5.2 x 7.2 x 1.3 cm)
Source extras
med
ivory
creator_ids
6747
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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a1314a3b7547bb38