Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene

Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene

late 8th–7th century BCE · Assyrian

Veined neutral Chalcedony (Quartz)

The Met · Ancient Near Eastern Art · CC0 · Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941

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