Winged hero grasping human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps a human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. The hybrid creatures seem to have round headdresses. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- human-headed winged lions (shedus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, bearded, seemingly wearing round headdresses - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.442 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Henry Walters Collection; acquired by him in 1913; bequeathed to The Walters Art Museum by him in 1931 |
| First occurence | 1913 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "banded (white, red, and violet) agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Gordon 1939, 28 no. 90 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/12017/cylinder-seal-with-a-contest-scene6/ [accessed: 11-11-2023]. |