A WESTERN IRANIAN GRAY STEATITE CYLINDER SEAL
A WESTERN IRANIAN GRAY STEATITE CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA 1400-1000 B.C.

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A WESTERN IRANIAN GRAY STEATITE CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 1400-1000 B.C.
The surface entirely filled with animal motifs, including a stag, a gazelle and a lion all in a flying gallop, the lion inverted, a mythical bird-monster above with the hind-parts of a bird, branch-like wings, a human head, and fore-paws, with a scorpion, a bird, an insect, a fish and a crescent as fillers
23 X 9 mm

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