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Sealing

Title	Sealing
Date	ca. 7th century CE 1st century
Medium	Un-baked clay
Origin	Sasanian Sasanian
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Rogers Fund, 1936
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Ornithological plates

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Dated to ca. 7th century CE. Explore the wider set of works from the 1st century held in the archive.

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