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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.
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| current | 09:16, 3 January 2017 | | 1,493 × 891 (1.19 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Modern impression on clay of Achaemenid cylinder seal, 5th. cent. BCE. A winged solar disc legitimises the Persian king who subdues two rampant Mesopotamian <i>lamassu</i> figures. A finely detailed date-palm (<i>Phoenix dactylifera</i>) terminates. Seal: grey chalcedony, 28mm x 14mm. <p><br></p> Christie’s Antiquities sale catalogue, London, 7/11/01, Lot 605. |
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