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| Keywords: Iranian - Cylinder Seal with Heroes Surrounded by Hunters and Animals - Walters 42445 - Impression.jpg After defeating Babylonia in 539 BC the Achaemenid dynasty considered itself heir to Mesopotamian traditions including the use of cylinder seals In a square four crowned busts of the king or possibly the god Ahura Mazda form a pinwheel Animal scenes surround the panel a kneeling archer shooting at a hare a human-headed bird before an altar a figure standing on a bull spearing a rearing lion and two rearing goats entwining their necks between 550 330 BC Achaemenid carved brown and white agate cm 4 2 1 2 h x diam accession number 42 445 26593 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Ancient Persia The Art of an Empire The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; University Art Museum University of Texas at Austin Austin 1978 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license Cylinder seals in the Walters Art Museum Human headed birds Art of Iran Animals in art of the ancient Near East Art of the ancient Near East Iranian cylinder seal impressions Walters Art Museum cylinder seal impressions Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
