Hero (archer) hunting human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx)

Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A half-kneeling hero (archer) wearing a brimmed headdress or headband and a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed edge aims his bow at a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx). The archer has a sword at his waist. Between the two figures is a star in the sky, and a rhomb above a small quadruped, likely a gazelle (antelope) or wild goat (ibex). Above the archer is a crescent moon, while above the hybrid creature is a grffin.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - griffin: raising both forepaws, crested, winged - hero: half-kneeling, archer, wearing a brimmed headdress or headband and a long, broad-belted robe with a fringed edge, has a sword at his waist - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant - quadruped: small, likely a a gazelle (antelope) or wild goat (ibex) - rhomb - star: six-rayed
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Buffalo Museum of Science
Museum number	N/A
Condition, shape	chipped upper and lower edges; large chip distorts partly the hunter's bow
Culture	Neo-Babylonian
Provenance	gift of Mr and Mrs Chauncey J. Hamlin
First occurence	1944
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	N/A
Material and features	N/A
Style	cut
Scene	hunting
Bibliography	Ingholt 1944, 10 and 11 no. 22. Ingholt, H.: “World-famous Cylinder Seals Reflect 3,000 Years of History”. Hobbies: The Magazine of the Buffalo Museum of Science 25/1 (1944) 2–12.