A GRAECO-PERSIAN BANDED AGATE CYLINDER SEAL
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A GRAECO-PERSIAN BANDED AGATE CYLINDER SEAL

CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GRAECO-PERSIAN BANDED AGATE CYLINDER SEAL
circa early 5th century b.c.
The slightly convex seal engraved with a humped bull walking to the left, the head turned frontal, on a thin groundline
12 in. (2.9 cm) high
Provenance
Hans Silvius von Aulock
Dr. Elie Borowski
Literature
Arts de l'ancien Iran, no. 303.
von Aulock, no. 333.
Exhibited
Arts de l'ancien Iran, Museé Borély, Marseilles, 1975.
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