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Silenos
(Ancient Near East )
Carved in full relief; this male head is from a large basin, from a frieze of very thick stone. He wears a diadem and has a long beard and no neck.
Provenance
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Edgar J. Banks [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Hamadan]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Iran
(Place of Origin)
Iran, Hamadan (Place of Discovery)
Measurements
H: 7 7/8 x W: 4 15/16 x D: 5 1/16 in. (20 x 12.6 x 12.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
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.
21.1