Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with animal contest
Object type: Stamp seal
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Achaemenid
Period: Achaemenid
Date: 6th–4th century BCE
Medium: Blue Chalcedony (Quartz)

Dimensions: H.  7/8 in. (2.2 cm);  Diam.  1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Classification: Stone-Stamp Seals
Geography:      Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Accession year: 1999
Tags: Animals