Royal hero vanquishing Greek hoplite
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero (spearman, archer) wearing a crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) holds a bow in his raised left hand and stabs a lying Greek hoplite with his right hand using a spear. The latter wears a crested helmet, chest and shin armour (cuirass and greaves), and a leather skirt (pteryges). Behind them is a fruit-bearing date palm. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- royal hero: spearman, archer, wearing a crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe), holding a bow in one hand and a spear on the other - tree: date palm - warrior: wearing Greek armour, crested helmet, cuirass, pteryges, greaves |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection |
| Museum number | MMA L55.49.126 – Mrs Moore 118 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-Mrs William H. Moore Collection; on loan to the MMA by The Right Reverend Paul Moore Jr. from 1955 |
| First occurence | before 1940 (Mrs William H. Moore's collection) |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "milky chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | warfare |
| Bibliography |
Eisen 1940, 54–55 no. 102 and pl. XI. Eisen, G. A.: Ancient Oriental Cylinder and Other Seals with a Description of the Collection of Mrs. William H. Moore. (Oriental Institute Publications 47) Chicago, 1940. |