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Sassanian stamp seal with winged bull

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A hemispherical cornelian stamp seal decorated with a figure of a human-headed winged bull (lamassu).

Iran, Sassanian, 5th to 7th Century AD

Size: 1.4 x 1 cms.

Chipped around edges and also on the design

Ex. private collection, UK; acquired before 1940.