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Cylinder seal
Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian
Achaemenid
550–331 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Agate
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 0.032 Length:
Credit Line
Gift of A. Rabenou
Accession Number30.668
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionTwo bowmen, standing facing on either side of an altar above which is the winged sun-disk.
Provenance1930, gift of Ayoub Rabenou, Paris, through Arthur Upham Pope (b. 1881 - d. 1969), Paris, to the MFA . (Accession Date: October 16, 1930)