CYLINDER SEAL A cylindrical hexahedron with a hole through it. The scenes depicted tell the story of Pâris' Choice. Each side is engraved with a character; a male figure standing in profile to the right and wearing a cloak over his shoulders. He is wearing a Phrygian hat. In his right hand he is holding a staff (Pâris) / Female figure depicted in three-quarter view, wearing a peplos and a himation leaving her right shoulder sensually bare. She is holding an apple in her right hand, possibly the goddess Aphrodite / again, a male figure seated in profile on rocks, in a reflective position / the goddess Athena, standing in profile to the left, helmeted, in her left hand she is holding an owl. At her feet is her shield / another female deity, standing in profile from the left, fully clothed, her head covered with the himation. She is holding a sceptre in her right hand, which could be Hera/ the god Hermes, shown standing naked in profile from the left, with his caduceus. Use of globular elements. For a similar example see Antike Gemme in Deutschen Sammlungen, Band II, Taf. 42, 359 a-f (fig.1). For a similar scene see the fresco of Pompei (45-79) (fig.2) found in the house of Jupiter in Pompei, Archaeological Museum Naples. Agate chalcedony. H. 12 mm Greco-Persian art, 4th century BC A Graeco-Persian chalcedony agate cylinder seal. Hexahedron, cylindrical in shape and pierced right through. The scenes depicted relate the story of the Judgment of Paris. Each side engraved with a character; male figure presented standing in profile c. the right and wearing a cloak on his shoulders. He is wearing a Phrygian hat. In his right hand he holds a staff (probably Paris) / Female character depicted in three-quarter view, dressed in a peplos and a himation leaving her right shoulder sensually bare. She holds in her right hand, an apple (?), it could be the goddess Aphrodite / again, a male figure seated in profile on rocks, in a position of reflection / the goddess Athena, standing in profile v . the left, helmeted, in her left hand she holds the owl. At his feet, his shield/another female divinity shown standing in profile c. the left, fully clothed, her head covered with himation. She holds a scepter in her right hand, it could be Hera/the god Hermes, shown standing naked in profile c. the left, with its caduceus. Use of globular elements. For a similar example see Antike Gemme in Deutschen Sammlungen, Band II, Taf. 42, 359 a-f (fig.1). For a similar scene see the fresco of Pompei (45-79) (fig.2) found in the house of Jupiter in Pompei, Archaeological Museum Naples. 4th Century B.C.E. Provenance Private collection, Holland, acquired on the Dutch art market