Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 550 to 330 BCE. A hand-carved quartz stamp seal bead of an ovoid form with rounded walls, a convex top face, and a biconical suspension tube drilled lengthwise through the body. Incised across the slightly convex stamp face is a charming scene depicting a fierce lion and a majestic stag both in recumbent poses, the lion with its head turned back towards the stag and its raised tail, and the stag with its head raised proudly to display its grand antlers. Size: 0.875" L x 0.7" W (2.2 cm x 1.8 cm)

Provenance: ex-Phoenicia Holyland Antiquities, New York, New York, USA, before 2010

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#159022

Very light abrasions to top side and stamp face, with minimal softening to incised zoomorphic details on stamp face, otherwise intact and very good. Great surface smoothness throughout, and nice preservation to zoomorphic details on stamp face. Light encrustations within drilled suspension hole.