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Scabbard Tip
first half 5th century BCE (Achaemenid)
ivory
(Ancient Near East )
(Ancient Near East )
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
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.
The Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by purchase.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 1/16 x W: 2 13/16 x D: 1/2 in. (5.2 x 7.2 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ancient Art Acquistion Fund, 1999
Location in Museum
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.
71.1199