Cylinder Seal

Unknown artist

6-4th centuries BCE

Carnelian

Penn Museum

A carnelian cylinder seal and its impression are shown next to a ruler. The impression depicts a procession of figures. CBS Register: seal cylinder in sardonyx PBS XIV: A Persian hero holds by the horn two rampant ibexes. His lower garment is braided or flounced, closed and dawn up in front as if to represent trousers. He has a short embroidered tunic with a smooth front and laps or fringes on the sides just above the belt, a short pointed or curled beard, a mass of hair undulating over the neck and a Persian crown or low turban with a flat top. The ibexes have rugged curved horns, a tuft of beard and a knotty massive body very well observed. Convex cyl. seal. Carnelian, 28 ½ x 12 mm B5129 Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1891