Title: Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with animal contest
Object type: Stamp seal
Date: 6th–4th century BCE
Culture: Achaemenid
Period: Achaemenid
Medium: Blue Chalcedony (Quartz)
Dimensions: H.  7/8 in. (2.2 cm);  Diam.  1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999
Geography:      Mesopotamia     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals