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Stamp seal
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
625–539 B.C.
Object Place: Persia
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Heigh x length (of face): 2.2 x 1.5 cm (7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.1003
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionNeo-Babylonian drilled style. A sphinx, bearded and crowned, and a lion-headed griffin sit confronted, their further forepaws raised.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren; 1903: purchased by the MFA from Mr. Warren.