File:Royal seal of Šauštatar of Mitanni.svg

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English: The royal seal of the King of Mitanni Sauššatar or Shaushtatar (late 15th century BC-c. 1440-1410 BC) was a winged eight-pointed sun disk, flanked by two lions and two eagles. Modern reconstructed seal redrawn by hand for symmetry and stylistic clarity, incorporating the ancient Akkadian Star of Ishtar symbol.
Date 20 November 2010, 03:52 (UTC) (original upload date)
Source Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here[1].
Author Snubcube at English Wikipedia, public domain because copies of two dimensional works can't be copyrighted
  1. ↑ Martiros S. Kavoukjian's The Genesis of Armenian People, Montreal, 1982, page 97, which in turn was originally from Georges Contenau's text La Civilisation des Hittites et des Hurrites du Mitanni Paris, 1934, page 62

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current20:59, 22 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 20:59, 22 December 2011360 × 240 (34 KB)OgreBot (talk | contribs)(BOT): Reverting to most recent version before archival
20:59, 22 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 20:59, 22 December 2011360 × 240 (40 KB)OgreBot (talk | contribs)(BOT): Uploading old version of file from en.wikipedia; originally uploaded on 2010-11-20 23:52:47 by Snubcube
20:20, 3 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 20:20, 3 November 2011360 × 240 (34 KB)Vladimir Solovjev (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|The royal seal of the King of Mitanni Sauššatar or Shaushtatar (late 15th century BC-c. 1440-1410 BC) was a winged eight-pointed sun disk, flanked by two lions and two eagles. Modern reconstructed seal redrawn by hand

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