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THE SURENA COLLECTION OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CYLINDER SEALS
A WESTERN IRANIAN CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL
CIRCA 900-700 B.C.
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A WESTERN IRANIAN CARNELIAN CYLINDER SEAL
Circa 900-700 B.C.
With a bearded hero lunging forward gripping the hind leg of a struggling inverted bull, the hero with his hair pulled back in a bun at the nape of his neck, wearing a long fringed robe which is open, revealing his advanced left leg, his foot resting on the bull's head, holding a scimitar in his lowered right hand, with a rearing winged sphinx to the right, its head turned back, a lunar crescent in the sky
25 X 12.5 mm
Circa 900-700 B.C.
With a bearded hero lunging forward gripping the hind leg of a struggling inverted bull, the hero with his hair pulled back in a bun at the nape of his neck, wearing a long fringed robe which is open, revealing his advanced left leg, his foot resting on the bull's head, holding a scimitar in his lowered right hand, with a rearing winged sphinx to the right, its head turned back, a lunar crescent in the sky
25 X 12.5 mm