Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The royal hero grasps a rampant lion-griffin on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the hybrid creatures are four superimposed hieroglyphic signs, including a bird (possibly a crane) and an eye.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- bird: likely a crane, striding on a ground line - inscription: hieroglyphic, four signs - lion-griffins (2): rampant, snarling, clawing at the royal hero - rhomb or eye - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe)
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number	MMA 36.106.2
Condition, shape	slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	acquired by the MMA (Dodge Fund) from Louis Herse (New York) in 1936
First occurence	1936
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 29, d: 14
Material and features	"jasper, hematite"
Style	modelled
Scene	contest
Writing system, language	inscription: hieroglyphic
Translation	"Thoth is a protection over me."
Bibliography	MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/323560 [accessed: 06-12-2023].