Stamp Seal with a Winged Creature

538-331 BCE (Achaemenid)

1.7 cm 2.6 cm 1.9 cm

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The intaglio carving depicts a winged creature, perhaps a griffin, with one paw raised and its head turned backward. The seal is conical and tapers at the back, where it is pierced.

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Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
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en
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Terms

संस्कृति
Iranian
माध्यम
chalcedony
विधा
seals (artifacts)

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