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Stamp Seal with a Winged Creature
538-331 BCE (Achaemenid)
chalcedony
(Ancient Near East )
(Ancient Near East )
The intaglio carving depicts a winged creature, perhaps a griffin, with one paw raised and its head turned backward. The seal is conical and tapers at the back, where it is pierced.
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.
Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
Geographies
Iran (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 1 × 11/16 × 3/4 in. (2.6 × 1.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 1941
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.
42.790