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 headband and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his legs is a Pazuzu-head next to a rhomb and a double wedge or a fish next to a bird, respectively. A crescent moon and a winged sun-disc appear above each hand of the winged hero. Behind the hybrid creatures is a small eight-rayed, globe-centred star in the sky and a 'ball-and-staff' symbol below.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- 'ball-and-staff' - bird - crescent moon - griffins (2): rampant, winged, crested - fish or wedge: cuneiform, double, schematic - Pazuzu-head - rhomb - star: small, eight-rayed, globe-centred - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a headband and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic - winged sun-disc
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Museum number	WAM 42.722
Condition, shape	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: 25, d: 13
Material and features	"transparent pink stone"
Style	modelled
Scene	contest
Bibliography	Niederreiter 2024, 233–234 fig. 144. Niederreiter Zoltán 2024. “‘When you blow, the world regions tremble’: Pazuzu, the Newcomer to the Mesopotamian Demon World.” In: Niederreiter Zoltán et al. (eds.) Mesopotamia: Kingdom of Gods and Demons. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 326–335. WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/16620/cylinder-seal-with-winged-deity-with-mythical-bird/ [accessed: 11-11-2023].