Pyramidal stamp seal with a crouched winged lion

An image of Stamp seal. Pyramidal seal with an octagonal base showing a crouched winged lion with its head framed by its incurving wings. Rock crystal (quartz), depth 0.009, m, length 0.021 m, width 0.014 m, circa 550-330 B.C. Period: Achaemenid.

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Stamp seal. Pyramidal seal with an octagonal base showing a crouched winged lion with its head framed by its incurving wings. Rock crystal (quartz), depth 0.009, m, length 0.021 m, width 0.014 m, circa 550-330 B.C. Period: Achaemenid.

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Accession Number: ANE.115.1904
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 105
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 767 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 67.33kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 13:13:23

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4th Century 5th Century Achaemenid Empire Achaemenid seal antiquity BC crystal lions octagonal Persian quartz rock crystal seal stamp seal winged wings

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