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Stamp Seal with a Human-Headed, Scorpion-Tailed Bird
(Ancient Near East )
This stamp seal is carved with the representation of a hybrid creature in profile. There is a crescent above its back and an ankh-like symbol in front of it.
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.
Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York, 1941, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
Geographies
Assyria (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H of bezel: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1941
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.776