| Object Number | B5129 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq |
| Period | Achaemenid Period |
| Date Made | 6-4th centuries BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Carnelian |
| Description | CBS Register: seal cylinder in sardonyx PBS XIV: A Persian hero holds by the horn two rampant ibexes. His lower garment is braided or flounced, closed and dawn up in front as if to represent trousers. He has a short embroidered tunic with a smooth front and laps or fringes on the sides just above the belt, a short pointed or curled beard, a mass of hair undulating over the neck and a Persian crown or low turban with a flat top. The ibexes have rugged curved horns, a tuft of beard and a knotty massive body very well observed. Convex cyl. seal. Carnelian, 28 ½ x 12 mm |
| Length | 2.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition Purchase, 1891 |
| Other Number | PBS XIV: 660 - Other Number | P261321 - CDLI Number |
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