LOT 257 Cylinder Seal with Achaemenid King / Worship Scene
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539-330 BC. A rock crystal cylinder seal with a bearded worshipper on the left, wearing a pointed hood or cap and a long robe with a curved fringe, raising his right hand, facing a combat scene between the king and a confronting composite winged monster; the king stands facing right with torso presented frontally, with short beard and rounded hairstyle, wearing a robe and carrying a quiver with arrows; he aims his bow at a rampant, winged, snarling leonine creature, who raises his forelegs; between the contestants is the encircled figure of a man in side view, raising his right hand and holding the left over a fire/incense altar; a winged sun-disc above, behind and above the king two crosses, each formed by five points, and between monster and worshipper a crescent and two stars; ground line underneath; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. For a similar image, but without worshipper, see Merrillees, P.H. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods, London, 2005, fig.59. 15.4 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
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