Hero grasping human-headed winged lions (shedu and lamassu, sphinxes)


Hero grasping human-headed winged lions (shedu and lamassu, sphinxes)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu and lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a headband and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the hybrid creatures is a crescent moon.
Figures, motifs/symbols - crescent moon
- hero: bearded, wearing a headband and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic
- human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, bearded
- human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): rampant, beardless
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number MFA 36.211
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenance purchased by the MFA through Prof Robert A. Pfeiffer on 2 April 1936
First occurence before 1936
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 29, d: 13
Material and features "chalcedony"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/247819/cylinder-seal [accessed: 12-11-2023].