Hero grasping human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic and has a sword at his waist. His garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern above the belt. Behind the hybrid creatures is a vertically-set, alphabetic inscription. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic; the upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern, has a sword at his waist - human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless - inscription: vertically-set, alphabetic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal sealing (cylinder seal) |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.793 – WAG C21 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Henry Walters Collection (Baltimore); inherited by Sadie Jones (Mrs Henry Walters) in 1931 (New York); purchased by Joseph Brummer (Paris and New York) in 1941; purchased by The Walters Art Museum in 1941 |
| First occurence | before 1931 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic: Aramaic |
| Transliteration |
1. lkpr. |
| Translation | Property of Kapar(a). |
| Bibliography |
Gordon 1939, 28 no. 89 and pl. XI. Gordon, C. H.: "Western Asiatic Seals in the Walters Art Gallery". Iraq 6/1 (1939) 3–34. WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/23910/cylinder-seal-with-bearded-hero-female-sphinxes-and-inscription/ [accessed: 11-11-2023]. |