Divine World Glyptics
Az i.e. I. évezredi pecséthengerek korpusza
MTA–ELTE Lendület
Újasszír és Újbabiloni Pecséthengerek és Istenvilág Kutatócsoport
![Winged hero grasping griffin and human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) (modern [i.e., fake])](/uploads/galleries/1/1/d/a/original_11dad7a25d1656bdb6b0bfbdf179ca13.JPG)
| Object no. | S04569 |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant griffin with one hand and a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with the other, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his legs are a sitting dog and a bucranium, respectively. Behind the rampant beasts is the winged sun-disc in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bucranium - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - dog: sitting - griffin: winged, crested, rampant - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): beardless, rampant - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington |
| Museum number | U.S.N.M. 207940 |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian, other |
| Provenance | acquired in Hillah |
| First occurence | 1926 |
| Material and features | "porphyry" |
| Authenticity (public) | modern (i.e., fake) |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Casanowicz 1926, 11 and pl. 4: 2. Casanowicz, I.M., “The Collection of Ancient Oriental Seals in the United States National Museum”, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69/4 (1926), 1–23. Niederreiter 2020, footnote 488 on page 197. Niederreiter Z.: Catalogue of the Cylinder Seals in the Royal Museums of Art and History. I: Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods (Circa 1000–500 B.C.). (Antique et Orientalia 7 – Assyriologia 10) Budapest, 2020. |
| 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 description of the object done by HL based on the relevant publication provided, then object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter |