Two Seals: Cylinder Seal Showing the Royal Hero in Combat with Bulls (Top); Cylinder Seal Showing Hero in Combat with a Lion (Bottom) / Seals with impressions / Achaemenid

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Work Title: Two Seals: Cylinder Seal Showing the Royal Hero in Combat with Bulls (Top); Cylinder Seal Showing Hero in Combat with a Lion (Bottom)
View Title: Seals with impressions
Creator/Culture: Culture: Achaemenid
Site/Repository: Repository: British Museum (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) ID: ANE 89585; ANE 129571
Period/Date: Achaemenid
Media/Technique: sardonyx, chalcedony, carving
Dimensions: Top: height: 3.15 cm (1.24 inches); diameter: 1.0 cm (.39 inches); Bottom: height: 2.4 cm (.94 inches); diameter: 1.2 cm (.47 inches)
Subjects: Seals (Identifying artifacts); Cylinder seals; Male figures; Heroes; Battles; Lions; Bes (Egyptian deity); Bulls
Work Record ID: 547320
Image Record ID: 1304174
Digital filename: 09d001369
Classification Filing Number: 415H;K;23RHBLB;*.digitalonly
HART Image Order Number: 240172
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 08:20:00

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 3072 x 2933
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 1304174
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1304174/09d001369

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1304174. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1304174/09d001369. January 30, 2023.