Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	A bearded winged hero grasps the head of a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, bearded, head turned backwards - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar)
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number	MMA 41.160.317
Condition, shape	slightly chipped upper and lower edges; large chips partly distort the figures' heads
Culture	Neo-Babylonian
Provenance	bequeathed by W. Gedney Beatty to the MMA in 1941
First occurence	1941
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 19.6, d: N/A
Material and features	"variegated red and white carnelian (quartz)"
Style	modelled
Scene	contest
Bibliography	MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/323905 [accessed: 06-12-2023].