Persian hero fighting human-faced winged wild goat before lion-dragon
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A seemingly beardless hero wearing Persian clothing (court robe) grasps a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. Facing them is a rampant lion-dragon. Between the two hybrid creatures is a crescent moon in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: seemingly beardless, wearing Persian clothing (court robe), holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - human-faced winged wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards - lion-dragon: rampant, horned, lion's tail |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Ugo Sissa Collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges; chip distorts the right foreleg of the lion-dragon |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | Ugo Sissa Collection |
| First occurence | before 1959 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Douglas van Buren 1959, 27 no. 121 and pl. VIII. Douglas van Buren, E.: Catalogue of the Ugo Sissa Collection of Stamp and Cylinder Seals of Mesopotamia. Rome, 1959. |