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CIRCA 900-600 B.C.
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A NORTH WEST PERSIAN PINK QUARTZITE CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 900-600 B.C.
Showing the god Ninurtu with bow and arrow pursuing Anzu, the winged lion-dragon, which tramples a fallen gazelle in its flight, the god standing on a bull, the terminal scene is a four-winged genie(?) with head in profile, the body frontal and with legs entwined, holding snakes in each hand and standing on two recumbent gazelles with heads turned back
13/16 in. (2 cm.) high
CIRCA 900-600 B.C.
Showing the god Ninurtu with bow and arrow pursuing Anzu, the winged lion-dragon, which tramples a fallen gazelle in its flight, the god standing on a bull, the terminal scene is a four-winged genie(?) with head in profile, the body frontal and with legs entwined, holding snakes in each hand and standing on two recumbent gazelles with heads turned back
13/16 in. (2 cm.) high
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