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Pyramidal Stamp Seal

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Date: about 500 B.C.
Medium: White chalcedony
Culture: Achaemenid (Persian)
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Pyramidal stamp seal, partially pierced (for a pincer mount). The seal is engraved with an image of a lion attacking a bull upon a short ground line. The lion bites into the back of the bull, which collapses forward with head turned and back leg trailing.

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