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CIRCA LATE 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
细节
AN ACHAEMENID CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL
Circa Late 6th-5th Century B.C.
With two symmetrically arranged composite monsters attacking a rearing lion, its head turned back, the monsters with the talons, body and wings of a bird, a human torso and a lion's head with long curving horns, both aiming an arrow at the lion, a winged Ahuramazda in the sky between the two monsters
19.5 x 10 mm
Circa Late 6th-5th Century B.C.
With two symmetrically arranged composite monsters attacking a rearing lion, its head turned back, the monsters with the talons, body and wings of a bird, a human torso and a lion's head with long curving horns, both aiming an arrow at the lion, a winged Ahuramazda in the sky between the two monsters
19.5 x 10 mm