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CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ACHAEMENID CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL
Circa Late 6th-Early 5th Century B.C.
In the center, the upper portion of a bearded king or god enclosed within a crescent with the tinning ends joining to form a medallion, wearing a crown and a tunic, with one arm raised, the other holding a circlet, a long tendril with a three-dot terminal falling from his shoulders in back, the medallion framed by two rampant winged composite monsters, that to the left with the body and head of a lion with splayed horns, the tail of a scorpion and the talons of a bird of prey, that to the right with the body of a lion with a bearded human head and the horns of an ibex, a winged solar disk with the bust of Ahuramazda above, the god with one arm raised, holding a circlet in the other, wearing a crown and tunic, a personal linear device in the field to the right
24 x 12 mm
Circa Late 6th-Early 5th Century B.C.
In the center, the upper portion of a bearded king or god enclosed within a crescent with the tinning ends joining to form a medallion, wearing a crown and a tunic, with one arm raised, the other holding a circlet, a long tendril with a three-dot terminal falling from his shoulders in back, the medallion framed by two rampant winged composite monsters, that to the left with the body and head of a lion with splayed horns, the tail of a scorpion and the talons of a bird of prey, that to the right with the body of a lion with a bearded human head and the horns of an ibex, a winged solar disk with the bust of Ahuramazda above, the god with one arm raised, holding a circlet in the other, wearing a crown and tunic, a personal linear device in the field to the right
24 x 12 mm