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Stamp Seal
| Collection number | 印212-1730 |
|---|---|
| Provenance | Western Asia |
| Period | Neo Assyrian period |
| Date | ca. 700-600 BCE |
| Material | Chalcedony |
| Dimension | H. 2.4 cm |
| Comment | A stamp seal made from whites tone. A turning lathe and drill have been used to engrave the face with winged lions facing each other. The elaborate, three-dimensional representation is in the so-called Modeling Style, dated to the Achaemenid Dynasty after the seventh century BC. |
| Classification | seal |
| Keywords | White, Clear Tiny Western Asia, Mesopotamia Iron Age, Neo Assyrian Period Stone/mineral, Chalcedony Seal/Sealing, Stamp seal Creature, Tetrapoda, Felidae, Lion |
| 資料ID | 640 |