Bulla with stamp seal impression

Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian

Achaemenid, reign of Xerxes

486–465 B.C.

Medium/Technique Clay

Dimensions Width x length: 2 x 3.4 cm (13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund

Accession Number1985.26

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsSeals

Description"Master of Animals." Royal figure between palm trees, grasping a lion in each hand and standing on confronted sphinxes.

Provenance1985, sold by Eshagh (Isaac) Sakhai, Brighton, MA, to the MFA.
(Accession Date: February 27, 1985)