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| Keywords: Iranian - Scabbard Tip - Walters 711199.jpg This ornament once decorated the tip of a sword's scabbard In a relief carved on a wall of the palace of the Achaemenid king Darius I reigned 522-486 BC a man is depicted wearing a scabbard with a nearly identical tip The design derives from an image of a lion attacking an ibex 1st half 5th century BC Achaemenid ivory cm 5 2 7 2 1 3 accession number 71 1199 35769 The Merrin Gallery New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1999 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the Ancient Art Acquistion Fund 1999 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Art of Iran Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
