Hero fighting rampant griffin

Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero wearing a headband and a long, broad-belted robe over a tunic with a fringed edge grasps a foreleg of a rampant griffin with his right hand and brandishes his weapon (probably a dagger) above his head with the left. Between them, there are traces of a figure (possibly a reclining wild goat, which has its head turned back), while behind them is a stylised palmette tree with a notched stem and offshoots. In the sky, an eight-rayed, globe-centred star, a crescent moon and the Sibitti (Pleiades) appear.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - griffin: rampant, winged, raising a forepaw - hero: wearing a headband and a long, broad-belted robe over a tunic with a fringed edge; holding a dagger or sword at his waist - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - stylised tree: palmette on top, notched stem, offshoots - wild goat(?): between the two figures
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	De Clercq Collection
Museum Number	De Clercq 307
Condition, shape	damaged lower edge and field between the two figures
Culture / Production Place	Neo-Assyrian
Provenance	ex-de Clercq Collection
First Occurrence	before 1888
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter	h: 38, d: 14
Material and features	"porphyre noir"
Style	linear
Scene	contest
Bibliography	De Clercq – Menant 1888, 178 no. 307 and pl. XXIX. De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888.