Lion attacking bull

"Seals 842 and 843 clearly show deviation from the Mesopotamian practice that prevailed in the beginning stage of the Achaemenian empire. Though a lion attacking a bull (842) or a goat (843) is one of the stock motifs of Mesopotamian art, the theme became stereotyped after the Middle Assyrian period, and the lifelike representation found in 842 is matched only in Greek gems of the sixth and fifth cneturies. In 843 the subject is rendered with far less expression."--Porada, CANES, p. 105
Pyramidal seal with rounded top and slightly convex octagonal base.