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CIRCA 3RD-7TH CENTURY A.D.
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A COLLECTION OF SASSANIAN SEALS
circa 3rd-7th century a.d.
Including twenty-six dome seals and one ring, most of gray or brown chalcedony and carnelian, each engraved with figures, animals, monsters or geometric motifs; together with three Neo-Babylonian pyramidal stamp seals, two with a figure at an altar, one with a winged figure; three Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr cylinder seals with geometric motifs; and a Syro-Palestinian conoid seal with an animal
1.1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high for the largest (34)
circa 3rd-7th century a.d.
Including twenty-six dome seals and one ring, most of gray or brown chalcedony and carnelian, each engraved with figures, animals, monsters or geometric motifs; together with three Neo-Babylonian pyramidal stamp seals, two with a figure at an altar, one with a winged figure; three Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr cylinder seals with geometric motifs; and a Syro-Palestinian conoid seal with an animal
1.1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high for the largest (34)