Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	A royal hero wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) grasps the throat of a rampant lion with his left hand and holds a dagger in his lowered right hand.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- lion: rampant - royal hero: crowned (cidaris), wearing Persian clothing (court robe), holding a dagger
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number	MMA 1999.325.113
Condition, shape	one third of the upper edge has been broken off, resulting in partial distortion of the lion
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	ex-Kelekian Collection; acquired by Dikran G. Kelekian between 1893–1910; donated by Nanette B. Kelekian to the MMA in 1999
First occurence	between 1893–1910
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 26, d: 11, slightly barrel-shaped
Material and features	"stone, brown and white"
Style	modelled
Scene	contest
Bibliography	MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327709 [accessed: 19-11-2023].