A Zoroastrian Chalcedony Stamp Seal, Sasanian Period, ca. 5th century CE Amulets - Offerings the first of whom—if it

the first of whom—if it is an age of descending purity—are giants

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A Zoroastrian Chalcedony Stamp Seal, Sasanian Period, ca. 5th century CE Amulets - Offerings the first of whom—if itThis dome shaped chalcedony stamp seal is perforated for suspension and engraved with an incised drawing of Gayomard, the primeval man of the Zoroastrian religion the first man or mortal ancestor. He is portrayed here with widely outspread arms and legs, holding a symbolic staff in each hand and his faithful dog, Yellow Ears, below. Gayomard (Mortal Life), in later Zoroastrian creation literature, was the first man, and the progenitor of mankind.