Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid, worn) with divine symbols

c. 800–600 BC · Assyria

Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid, worn) with divine symbols, from Assyria, dated c. 800–600 BC. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 800–600 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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