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Cylinder seal with hunting scene
Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian
Achaemenid Period
550–331 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number21.1193
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionPersian King in chariot with charioteer shooting at a winged griffin. Winged disk hovering above.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (said to come from the Boulton collection, sale catalogue, lot 1); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, April 7, 1921, for $ 30,000.00 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 21.1193-21.1221)