Royal hero grasping human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side


Royal hero grasping human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A royal hero wearing Persian clothing (court robe) grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by the throat. Behind the hybrid creatures is the winged sun-disc above a sitting dog.
Figures, motifs/symbols - dog: sitting
- human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless
- royal hero: wearing Persian clothing (court robe) and possibly a tiara
- winged sun-disc: with a dentate pattern above it
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Ugo Sissa Collection
Museum number N/A
Condition, shape worn
Culture Achaemenid
Provenance Ugo Sissa Collection
First occurence before 1959
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 29, d: 14
Material and features "grey limestone"
Style linear
Scene contest
Bibliography

Douglas van Buren 1959, 27 no. 122 and pl. VIII.



Douglas van Buren, E.: Catalogue of the Ugo Sissa Collection of Stamp and Cylinder Seals of Mesopotamia. Rome, 1959.