ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Pyramidal Stamp Seal with a Persian Hero in Combat with a Lion
CulturePersian
PeriodAchaemenid Dynasty
Date5th Century BCE
Mediumchalcedony
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael J. Shubin
Dimensions15/16 x 5/8 x 9/16 in. (2.4 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm)
Object number2008.030.016
Exhibition HistoryMonsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011Published ReferencesJohn Boardman, "Seals and Signs: Anatolian Stamp Seals of the Persian Period Revisted," Iran 36 (1998): 10, number 83.6.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2008.
Emory Report 62 (September 21, 2009).
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 58-59.
ProvenanceWith Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, Switzerland, Auction XXVII, November 7-8, 1994, lot 689. Zurich art market, 1998. Ex coll. Michael Shubin (1950-2008), Montebello, California, acquired from Frank Sternberg.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
early 7th-mid 6th Century BCE
ca. 539-331 BCE
5th-4th Century BCE
6th-5th Century BCE
539-479 BCE
1st Millennium BCE
1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
539-331 BCE
