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Scythian Warrior with Axe, Bow, and Spear
4th-2nd century BCE (Archaic)
marble with red paint and gold leaf
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
This flat relief depicts a Scythian warrior with an axe, bow, and spear. There are red designs in the background. All the edges are complete. There is a tongue pattern at the top.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Khawam Brothers, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
H: 13 3/8 x W: 10 1/16 in. (34 x 25.5 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.
23.183