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


Winged hero grasping human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded winged hero grasps a human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic.
Figures, motifs/symbols - human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless
- winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number MFA 65.1358
Condition, shape nearly half of the lower edge has been broken off, resulting in partial distortion of the hero and the hybride creature behind him
Culture Assyro-Babylonian
Provenance ex-Moussa Collection; purchased by the MFA from R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian (Little Falls, NJ) on 10 November 1965
First occurence before 1965
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 23.2, d: 12.8
Material and features "orange carnelian"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163770/ [accessed: 12-11-2023].