Relief Fragment: Ahuramazda in the Winged Disk
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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