Winged hero (archer) hunting griffin
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling, bearded winged hero (archer) wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed edge over a short tunic aims his bow at a semi-rampant griffin. Between them is a small stylised plant with pointy leaves below a crescent moon. The Sibitti (Pleiades) appear inside the arc of the bow, above the archer's arm. Above the hybrid creature's wing is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star, while below it is a rhomb. The winged sun-disc appears above the winged hero. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - griffin: raising a forepaw, crested, winged - rhomb - Sibitti (Pleiades) - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - stylised plant: small, with pointy leaves - winged hero: winged, bearded, half-kneeling, wearing a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed edge over a short tunic - winged sun-disc |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | AO 1511 – CCO A. 651 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | acquired in 1886 |
| First occurence | 1886 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 41, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "jaspe rouge" |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1923, 164 no. A. 651 and pl. 86: 17. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923. |