"840 and 841 perpetuate Mesopotamian tradition in their rigidly symmetrical and centralized composition. Strictly speaking, 840 can be classified as Achaemenian only because its motif--two animals or monsters flanking a tree--does not occur on late Neo-Babylonian cylinders, while it is found in seal impressions of unquestionably Achaemenian style (Philadelphia 850). Seal 841 is more kefinitely characterized as Achaemenian by the fact that it shows a censer between two scorpion-men. This censer, which seems to be covered with a lid attached to the stand by means of a chain, is a typically Achaemenian ritual object often depicted in Achaemenian cylinders."--Porada, CANES, p. 105
Conical seal with rounded top and slightly convex oval base.
Two winged scorpion-men with bird feet, one at either side of censer.