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Silenos
248 BCE-226 CE (Parthian)
dark gray stone
(Ancient Near East )
(Ancient Near East )
This piece is carved in full relief and is a male head of Silene from a frieze on a large basin. He wears a diadem and has long hair and a beard.
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.
Edgar J. Banks [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Hamadan]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran
(Place of Origin)
Iran, Hamadan (Place of Discovery)
Measurements
H: 7 1/4 × W: 6 1/8 × Max D: 2 7/16 in. (18.4 × 15.5 × 6.23 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
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.
21.2