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Cylinder Seal by Unknown artist

Cylinder Seal

6-4th centuries BCE

Marmolite

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A carved cylinder seal and its impression are displayed next to a ruler. The seal is cylindrical and carved with figures, while the impression is rectangular and shows a relief of figures and animals. CBS Register: seal cylinder, marmolite PBS XIV: The Persian hero, seizes by the leg two rampant winged ibexes with heads turned aside. The reverse has a crescent over a plant of life like the silphium. Cyl. seal. Marmolite, 28 x 10 mm. B1044 Purchased from Khabaza, Baghdad; subscription of R. F. Harper, 1889

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cylinder seal seal impression ruler horizontal arrangement top-down view relief carving ancient artifact figures animals tan brown pewter

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