Cylinder Seal

3D Model

Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem BLMJ 2658

Achaemenid Period 538 - 332 BCE. Persia

Chalcedony

Size: 2.5X1.0 cm

Cylinder seal depicting a victorious king flanked by two animals

Inscription in Aramaic language: htm smsk “seal of Smsk”. A heroic king, wearing the Persian crown and pleated robes, grasps the horns of two rampant bulls. The inscription reads: htm Smsk “seal of Smsk”. The name Smsk does not appear in any published Aramaic inscriptions of the Achaemenid period and is of Iranian origin