Hero fighting griffin
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps the wing of a rampant griffin with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a long, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- griffin: rampant, head turned backwards, winged - hero: bearded, wearing a long, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
| Museum number | WAM 42.778 – WAM C28 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Henry Walters Collection (Baltimore); inherited by Sadie Jones (Mrs Henry Walters) in 1931 (New York); purchased by Joseph Brummer (Paris and New York) in 1941; purchased by The Walters Art Museum in 1941 |
| First occurence | before 1931 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Gordon 1939, 30 no. 100 and pl. XII. Gordon, C. H.: "Western Asiatic Seals in the Walters Art Gallery". Iraq 6/1 (1939) 3–34. WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/1174/cylinder-seal-with-hero-capturing-a-rampant-griffin-2/ [accessed: 12-11-2023]. |