File:Seal with a Persian Hunting a Lion, Achaemenid, about 400 B.C.jpg

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English: Tabloid gem engraved on its base, top and shoulders. Engraved on the base is the image of a Persian horseman drawing a bow at a rearing lion. He wears a soft cap and sleeved tunic over trousers. His horse has a decorated saddle cloth and dressed tail. Engraved on the top is the image of a Maltese dog. Engraved on the shoulders is the image of running animals: an antelope, a fox, a calf, and a bear.

Engraved Tabloid Gem; Pendants Group; about 400 B.C.; Blue chalcedony; 1.1× 1.4 × 1.9 cm (7/16 × 9/16 × 3/4 in.); 81.AN.76.89; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/)

Place: Asia Minor (Place Created)

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Achaemenid (Persian)
Date circa 400 BC
Source https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103V07?altImage=33d15c26-a209-4fab-9c7d-9ecb5222a196
Author getty.edu

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