Image: Cylinder Seal, Achaemenid, modern impression 05

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Description: Modern impression on clay of Achaemenid cylinder seal, 5th. cent. BCE. A winged solar disc legitimises the Persian king who subdues two rampant Mesopotamian lamassu figures. A finely detailed date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera) terminates. Seal: grey chalcedony, 28mm x 14mm. Christie’s Antiquities sale catalogue, London, 7/11/01, Lot 605.
Title: Cylinder Seal, Achaemenid, modern impression 05
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