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. The hybride creatures appear to be wearing horned or brimmed headdresses.
Figures, motifs/symbols - human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless, seemingly wearing horned or brimmed headdresses
- 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 65.1395
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
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: 24, d: 11.5
Material and features "red/white carnelian"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163944/ [accessed: 12-11-2023].