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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
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
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)