Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	A hero wearing a conical headdress strikes down a human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx). The nature of his weapon in his raised left hand cannot be determined. He is further armed with a sword at his waist.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- hero: wearing a conical headdress, has a sword at his waist - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): bearded, raising a forepaw
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number	MMA 56.81.26
Condition, shape	worn
Culture	Neo-Assyrian
Provenance	ex-Ernst Herzfeld Collection; purchased by him in Iran or Iraq in the 1920s–1930s; acquired by the MMA (Rogers Fund) from Mrs Charlotte M. Bradford (sister of Ernst Herzfeld) in 1956
First occurence	1920s–1930s
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 22.1, d: N/A
Material and features	"faience"
Style	sintered quartz
Scene	contest
Bibliography	MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324511 [accessed: 25-11-2023].