Title: Cylinder seal and modern impression: king holding two lion griffins at bay
Object type: Cylinder seal
Date: ca. 6th–5th century BCE
Culture: Achaemenid
Period: Achaemenid
Medium: Jasper, hematite
Dimensions: 1 1/8 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (2.9 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm)
Credit line: Dodge Fund, 1936
Geography:      Iran     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Kings, term: Griffins