Winged hero grasping griffin on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps a rampant griffin on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Directly in front of his legs is a fish, while behind the hybrid creatures is a crescent moon above a six-rayed star and a rhomb. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - fish - griffins (2): rampant, winged, heads turned backwards - rhomb - star: six-rayed - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | De Clercq 323 bis |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 36; d: 18 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine" |
| Style | cut, modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 181–182 no. 323 bis and pl. XXXVII. 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. |