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Stamp seal
Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian
Achaemenid
550–331 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Sapphirine chalcedony
Dimensions
Overall: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number27.652
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionNeo-Babylonian style Achaemenid stamp-seal. Human figure (priest?) standing before altar on which is a recumbent lion-headed horned griffin, probably a symbol of the Underworld god Nergal. Crescent, spade standard of Marduk, and stylus standard of Nabu in field above. B.B. 284.4.
ProvenanceBy 1925: Edward Perry Warren collection (bought in Paris); October 28, 1925: lent to the MFA by Edward Perry Warren; 1927: purchased by the MFA from Edward Perry Warren.
(Accession Date: November 17, 1927)
(Accession Date: November 17, 1927)