A NEO-BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL, with a central bearded winged genii wearing an open robe over a kilt, grasping two winged sphinxes by the forepaw to either side, a crescent moon between them, with single line of later cuneiform inscription, "Seal of Ahesa", 8th-7th Century B.C., inscription circa 500 B.C. or later

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A NEO-BABYLONIAN CHALCEDONY CYLINDER SEAL, with a central bearded winged genii wearing an open robe over a kilt, grasping two winged sphinxes by the forepaw to either side, a crescent moon between them, with single line of later cuneiform inscription, "Seal of Ahesa", 8th-7th Century B.C., inscription circa 500 B.C. or later
2.7cm. long

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