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Achaemenid cylinder seal

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English: Cropped image from photo at: File:Achaemenid_cylinder_seal_showing_2_scenes._An_Achaemenid_king_before_2_sphinxes_(below_god_Ahura_Mazda)._Supernatural_creature_fighting_2_ibexes._6th-4th_century_BCE._From_Hillah,_Iraq._British_Museum.jpg. Original description: "Achaemenid cylinder seal showing 2 scenes. An Achaemenid king doing a religious ritual before 2 sphinxes (below the god Ahura Mazda). The smaller scene shows a supernatural creature fighting 2 ibexes above 2 sphinxes. Grey-blue chalcedony. Achaemenid period, 6th-4th century BCE. From Al-Hillah (Babel Governorate), Iraq. British Museum, London."
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