Cylinder Seal with Two Pairs of Crossed Lions, Separated by a Plant under a Star

c. 550–331 B.C.E., Archaemenid period

c. 883–612 B.C.E., Neo-Assyrian Period

c. 224–651 CE, Sasanian dynasty

c. 224–651 CE, Sasanian dynasty

c. 1900–1500 B.C.E., Old Elamite period

c. 224–651 CE, Sasanian dynasty

c. 3100–2900 B.C.E., Jemdet Nasr Period

c. 1900–1740 B.C.E., Old Assyrian period

c. 1900–1740 B.C.E., Old Assyrian period

c. 883–612 B.C.E., Neo-Assyrian period, “Flat Style”

c. 883–539 B.C.E., Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Babylonian period

Egyptian, Predynastic, Badarian period 5000 - 4000 B.C.E., possibly early Naqada I period (c. 4000 - 3600 B.C.E.)