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Stamp Seal with a Recumbent Ibex
224-651 (Sasanian)
yellow-orange stone
(Ancient Near East )
(Ancient Near East )
This stamp seal depicts a recumbent ibex in profile to the left carved in intaglio. A rope or ribbon is tied around the animal's neck and streaming behind it. There is an inscription around the animal.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by bequest; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5143a]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
Measurements
Overall: 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.1170