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Impression of a cylinder seal depicting

Impression of a cylinder seal depicting the Great King Darius in a chariot hunting lions. The winged disk of the god Ahura Mazda is above. The inscription at the side is in the three languages of the Persian Empire, Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian. Date/Period: 521-485 BC. Culture: Achaemenian Place of Origin: Thebes.
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Title:
Impression of a cylinder seal depicting
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Automatic translation: Impression of a cylinder seal depicting the Great King Darius in a chariot hunting lions. The winged disk of the god Ahura Mazda is above. The inscription at the side is in the three languages of the Persian Empire, Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian. Date/Period: 521-485 BC. Culture: Achaemenian Place of Origin: Thebes
Impression of a cylinder seal depicting the Great King Darius in a chariot hunting lions. The winged disk of the god Ahura Mazda is above. The inscription at the side is in the three languages of the Persian Empire, Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian. Date/Period: 521-485 BC. Culture: Achaemenian Place of Origin: Thebes.
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Album / akg-images / Werner Forman
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2242 x 1440 px | 9.2 MB
Print size:
19.0 x 12.2 cm | 7.5 x 4.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ANIMAL ARC ARCH ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHES ARCHWAY ARCO ARMS: BOW AND ARROW ARROW ARROWS ASSUR ASSYRIA BOW (WEAPON) BOW AND ARROW BOW CULT CUNEIFORM WRITING CUNEIFORM CUNEIFORME DIAGRAM EQUUS CABALLUS FORMAN, WERNER GATEWAY GOD HORSE HUNT HUNTING IRAQ MESOPOTAMIA MYTHOLOGY PLANT PLANTA PLANTAE PLANTS RELIGION RITE RITUAL WATER WHEEL