centuriespast: Gnostic amulet Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian, Sasanian, A.D. 226–651 On one face  a demon holding in each hand a staff surmounted by a cock, and with a serpent twisted around it. In the field a number of birds and animals. Surface not occupied with these figures covered with inscriptions.  Count Michael Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 251; 1898: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1898. (Accession date: Jan-01-1898) Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Gnostic amulet

  • Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian, Sasanian, A.D. 226–651

  • On one face  a demon holding in each hand a staff surmounted by a cock, and with a serpent twisted around it. In the field a number of birds and animals. Surface not occupied with these figures covered with inscriptions. 

  • Count Michael Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 251; 1898: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1898. (Accession date: Jan-01-1898)
  • Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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    oh man oh man why do i get hot...bothered over persian artifacts this needs to stop