Lot 290 - ANCIENT SASSANIAN EMPIRE CARVED CARNELIAN SEAL

An ancient Near Eastern Sassanian, Sasanian, Sassanid Empire carved cannelian round seal. Circa: 2nd to 7th century CE. The imprint depicts a figure of a griffin. These composite mythological creatures, embodying features of both a lion and an eagle, were associated with power and thought to guard treasures. The stone is horizontally pierced for suspension. The Sasanian Empire, known as Land Of The Iranians was the last Iranian empire before the Muslim conquests of the 7th and 8th century AD. It existed from 224 to 651 AD, making the House of Sasan the longest ruling Persian imperial dynasty. The Sasanian Empire followed the Parthian Empire and established the Persians as an ancient superpower and the rivals of the Roman and the Byzantine Empires. The Sasanian rule is considered to be a pinnacle of ancient Iranian history and culture before the Islamization of Iran. Ancient Gemstone Seals And Archeological Finds And Relics, Sassanid Empire Artifacts.