Hero (archer) hunting human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx)


Hero (archer) hunting human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A half-kneeling, bearded hero (archer) wearing a belted tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx). The archer has a sword in a sheath at his waist and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back. Between the two figures, there is an eight-rayed star above and a small, palmette-like stylised plant below. Above the hybrid creature is a crescent moon.
Figures, motifs/symbols - crescent moon
- hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, has a sword in a sheath at his waist and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back
- human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): beardless, head turned backwards, raising a forepaw
- star: eight-rayed
- stylised plant: small, palmette-like
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection private collection
Museum Number N/A
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture / Production Place Neo-Assyrian
Provenance ex-Sir Austen Henry Layard Collection; private collection in Venice
First Occurrence before 1952
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter h: 22, d: 10
Material and features "Steatit"
Style linear
Scene hunting
Bibliography

Borowski 1952, 174–175 no. 5 and Taf. XXII.



Borowski, E.: "Siegel der Sammlung Layard". Orientalia 21 (1952) 168–183.