File:Seal with a Persian Hunting a Stag, 400–350 B.C.jpg
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English: Seal with a Persian Hunting a Stag
400–350 B.C. Unknown artist/maker Hunting was a prestigious activity of the Persian aristocracy, and Achaemenid seals of the fifth and fourth centuries BC frequently depict Persians on horseback or on foot pursuing a variety of quarries, including lions, boar, stags, wild goats, foxes, and hyenas. On this scaraboid, a Persian on foot shoots an arrow at a running stag. Medium: Blue chalcedony Dimensions: 2.7 × 2 × 1.2 cm (1 1/16 × 13/16 × 1/2 in.) Place: Achaemenid (Persian Empire), Asia Minor (Place Created) Culture: Achaemenid Object Number: 84.AN.1.15 Department: Antiquities Classification: Jewelry Object Type: Gem |
| Date | 400-350 B.C. |
| Source | https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103YJ8 |
| Author | Unknown artist/maker |
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