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Stamp seal

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

Medium/Technique Chalcedony
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 0.015 Length:
Credit Line Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number27.654
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionTruncated conoid stamp seal. Heads and foreparts of four lions. B.B. 279.8.
ProvenanceBy 1925: Edward Perry Warren collection (bought in Paris); October 28, 1925: lent to the MFA by Edward Perry Warren; 1927: purchased by the MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 28 October 1925. (Accession date: Nov-17-1927)