ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Pyramidal Stamp Seal with a Persian Hero in Combat with a Lion

AAT Object Form/Functionseals (artifacts)

AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)

AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)

CulturePersian

PeriodAchaemenid Dynasty

Date5th Century BCE

MediumQuartz (chalcedony)

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, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 20, 2024 - Present
Published 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

On view

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