Hero fighting lion
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero wearing a brimmed headdress and a broad-belted tunic grasps the raised foreleg of a lion with his right hand and holds a straight weapon (probably a dagger) in his raised left hand. Behind the hero is the spade of Marduk (marru) on an oval stand. There is a fish below the lion, while an eight-rayed star is above its tail. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- fish - hero: wearing a brimmed headdress and a broad-belted tunic, holding a straight weapon (probably a dagger) in his raised left hand - lion: rampant - spade of Marduk (marru): on an oval stand - star: eight-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | AO 2627 – CCO A. 713 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | acquired in 1893 |
| First occurence | 1893 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 23, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "cornaline rouge" |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1923, 169 no. A. 713 and pl. 89: 15a–b. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923. |