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Cylinder seal with god
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Bust of a god in solar disk with four wings (Ahura Mazda?), followed by the title and name of the Egyptian sailor (or fleet commander?) Padiaset, in hieroglyphs. Probably a transcription of a Phoenician name with theonym Asiti, a goddess worshipped in Sidon.
His seal is Oriental in purpose, his name is Egyptian and the inscription is composed in provincial late Egyptian hieroglyphs, and displays the symbol of the Persian god Ahura-Mazda. This cylinder seal illustrates perfectly well the intercultural nature of the Persian era.