ancientpeoples:Sasanian stamp seals: male bust with laurel and pearl earring; griffin; winged horse;
ancientpeoples:Sasanian stamp seals: male bust with laurel and pearl earring; griffin; winged horse; human-headed winged bull; she-wolf suckling two cubs; stag; ram (click links for sources)Iran, AD 224-651Stamp seals of the Sasanian period, often with abbreviated inscriptions, can particularly help us to understand belief systems, aspects of economy and administration in [Iran] between the third and 7th centuries and later. Seals were owned by officials, priests, wealthy property owners, but sometimes also by people from lower strata of the society. The portrait of a bearded man is a popular motif in Sasanian seals. While plenty of male portrait busts are known from impressions on sealings or bullae excavated at sites like Takht-e Sulaiman and Qasr Abu Nasr in Iran, it is doubtful whether there is any real portrait character intended, even when names are preserved. (X)Source: Freer Gallery of Art -- source link
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