SculptureAchaemenid5th century BCE

Relief Fragment: Ahuramazda in the Winged Disk

reigns of Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I, 486-460 BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Relief

Medium

Limestone, traces of blue, green, and red paint

Culture

Achaemenid

Period

Achaemenid period

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

73 cm h x 44.3 cm w x 10 cm d (28 3/4 x 17 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Provenance

From the Hall of 100 Columns (west side of southeast doorway), Persepolis (Iran). [E. Sassoon, Paris,(by 1931)], sold; to [Brummer Gallery, Inc, New York, (1931-1932)], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, (1932-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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