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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian
Achaemenid
550–331 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Sardonyx
Dimensions
Length x diameter: 2.5 x 1.1 cm (1 x 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.700
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionProduced in Egypt? A man in a short tunic holds up two lions by the forelocks. Behind them a hieroglyphic inscription.
ProvenanceBy 1897: Count Michael Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 246 (said to have been found in Egypt); 1898: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1898. (Accession date: October 21, 1880)