Royal hero grasping lion on either side

Object no. S02757
Description of the seal image The royal hero grasps a rampant lion on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe).
Figures, motifs/symbols - lions (2): rampant, roaring, clawing at the royal hero
- royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe)
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number MFA 65.1434
Condition, shape worn
Culture Achaemenid
Provenance ex-Moussa Collection; purchased by the MFA from R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian (Little Falls, NJ) on 10 November 1965
First occurence before 1965
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 25, d: 10
Material and features "stone"
Style linear
Scene contest
Bibliography

MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163845/ [accessed: 13-11-2023].

Object history The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (03 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai
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