Pyramidal seal with two birds preying on a goat
550–331 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsLength x width: 23 x 19 mm (7/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.83
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSeals
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1893: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records it came from a Turk of Constantinople who said he had it from Bagdad); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
about 1480–1370 B.C.
about 1420–1190 B.C.
about 1700–1600 B.C.
modern
about 1700–1460 B.C.
about 1420–1190 B.C.
550–331 B.C.
550–331 B.C.
550–331 B.C.
550–331 B.C.
550–331 B.C.
550–331 B.C.