ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Intaglio with a Mistress of the Wild Animals
AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)
AAT Object Techniqueintaglios (sculptural objects)
Possible OriginSinai, Egypt, Africa
CultureLydian
PeriodIron Age
Dateearly 7th-mid 6th Century BCE
MediumQuartz (agate)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions1/2 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. (1.3 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm)
Object number2008.030.015
Exhibition HistoryMonsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesEmory Report 62 (September 21, 2009).
ProvenanceEx coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, acquired in Switzerland, 1988.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
800-600 BCE
8th-7th Century BCE
8th-late 7th Century BCE
ca. 2200 BCE
2100-2062 BCE
8th-7th Century BCE
1st Century BCE
7th-mid 6th Century BCE
early 7th-mid 6th Century BCE