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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Decorative ancient panels of molded terracotta bricks with Lion Bas Relief from ruins of Susa, Iran.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Silver plate with Sasanian noble hunting lions, from Sari, 4th century AD, National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Darius seal. Darius stands in a royal chariot below Ahura Mazda and shoots arrows at a rampant lion. From Thebes, Egypt. 6th-5th century BCE.]]></image:caption>
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