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CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN AGATE NECKLACE WITH SASSANIAN SEALS
Circa 4th-5th Century B.C.
Composed of barrel-shaped and cylindrical beads of various sizes interspersed with fourteen Sassanian dome seals engraved with: a winged Victory holding a diadem, inscribed; a profile head; a stag; schematic; a portrait bust of a bearded man, inscribed; a portrait bust of a bearded man, dotted border; a scorpion and a star; a humped bull and a crescent, hatched border; a goat head emerging from wings; a bird; a scorpion, hatched border; a quadruped; a winged griffin; and a fish; together with a Neo-Babylonian chalcedony conoid engraved with a goat
20 in. (50.8 cm) long
Circa 4th-5th Century B.C.
Composed of barrel-shaped and cylindrical beads of various sizes interspersed with fourteen Sassanian dome seals engraved with: a winged Victory holding a diadem, inscribed; a profile head; a stag; schematic; a portrait bust of a bearded man, inscribed; a portrait bust of a bearded man, dotted border; a scorpion and a star; a humped bull and a crescent, hatched border; a goat head emerging from wings; a bird; a scorpion, hatched border; a quadruped; a winged griffin; and a fish; together with a Neo-Babylonian chalcedony conoid engraved with a goat
20 in. (50.8 cm) long