A WESTERN IRANIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 1000-800 B.C.
With a hero aiming his bow at a leaping winged lion-griffin with avian hind-legs and a forked tail, its head turned back, the hero wearing a feather headdress and a long flounced open robe, lunging forward above a winged lion-griffin, which has a long narrow element projecting from between its fangs toward a winged bull to the right, its head lowered
34 X 14 mm
A WESTERN IRANIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 1000-800 B.C.
With a hero aiming his bow at a leaping winged lion-griffin with avian hind-legs and a forked tail, its head turned back, the hero wearing a feather headdress and a long flounced open robe, lunging forward above a winged lion-griffin, which has a long narrow element projecting from between its fangs toward a winged bull to the right, its head lowered
34 X 14 mm
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