Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	A bearded hero (spearman) wearing a double-belted tunic or kilt aims his spear at a rampant lion-griffin. In his left hand, he holds a spiked shield. His dress is decorated with a pattern of rectangles. Between the two figures is a six-rayed star at knee height, while a crescent moon appears above the head of the hybrid creature.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- crescent moon - hero: bearded, spearman, wearing a double-belted tunic or kilt decorated with a pattern of rectangles, holding a spear in one hand and a spiked shield in the other - lion-griffin: rampant, head turned backwards - star: six-rayed
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number	MFA 65.1361
Condition, shape	chipped upper and lower edges
Culture	Neo-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: 31, d: 10
Material and features	"chalcedony with bronze wire attached through center"
Style	modelled
Scene	contest
Bibliography	MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163905/ [accessed: 12-11-2023].