Winged hero fighting lion-griffin while stepping on a winged horse and winged bull facing him
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A four-winged, bearded winged hero wearing a double-belted kilt, steps on the back of a winged horse. He holds a mace in his left hand and a weapon with a curved blade (scimitar, sickle sword) in the right. He is about to strike down a rampant lion-griffin jumping towards him. Above the lion-griffin is a crescent moon and a winged bull. Behind the hero is a cactus-like plant on the ground. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - lion-griffin: rampant, roaring - plant: cactus-like plant - winged bull: rampant - winged hero: four-winged, bearded, wearing a double-belted kilt, holds a mace in his left hand and a weapon with a curved blade (scimitar, sickle sword) in the right - winged horse: jumping |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 1985.192.14 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges; large chips partly distort the plant and the winged horse |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Martin and Sarah Cherkasky Collection (New York); gifted by Martin and Sarah Cherkasky to the MMA in 1985 |
| First occurence | before 1985 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 34, d: 15 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" (Aruz 1987); "variegated white and beige chalcedony (quartz)" (MMA) |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest, mythological |
| Bibliography |
Aruz 1987, 46 and 70–71 no. 68. Aruz, J.: "The Great Empires of the First Millennium B.C.". In: Pittman, H.: Ancient Art in Miniature: Near Eastern Seals from the Collection of Martin and Sarah Cherkasky. New York, 1987, 42–46. MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327083 [accessed: 14-12-2023]. |