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Hawk on base
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Kassite
16th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.637
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionStone hawk on a base. There are holes for inlay. The base is pierced. Details are incised. The surface is smooth and polished.
ProvenanceBy 1930, acquired in Iran, probably by Ayoub Rabenou, Paris; 1930, sold by Rabenou, through Arthur Upham Pope (b. 1881 - d. 1969), Paris, to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: August 7, 1930)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 30.544-30.637 were purchased from Arthur Upham Pope for $15,000, plus a $2250 commission. According to Pope, the majority of the group belonged to Rabenou.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 30.544-30.637 were purchased from Arthur Upham Pope for $15,000, plus a $2250 commission. According to Pope, the majority of the group belonged to Rabenou.