Stamp seal

Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian
Achaemenid
550–331 B.C.

Dimensions

Legacy dimension: 19.5 x 17.5 x 25.5 h.

Accession Number

65.1611

Medium or Technique

Onyx

Not On View

Collections

The Ancient World

Classifications

Seals

Conoid stamp seal. Bull carrying the spade (the marru) of Marduk.

Provenance

By 1965: with Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems, Mrs. Horace L. Mayer. 1965 given to the MFA by Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Weems, Mrs. Mayer, 10 November 1965.
(Accession date: November 10, 1965)

Credit Line

William Francis Warden Fund and Gift of Mrs. Oric Bates, Mrs. F. Carrington Weems and Horace L. Mayer