Royal hero fighting lion while stepping on wild goat (ibex) or gazelle (antelope)

Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The royal hero grasps a rampant lion by the foreleg with one hand and holds a dagger in the other while stepping onto a leaping wild goat (ibex) or gazelle (antelope). He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Above the royal hero's left arm is a crescent moon.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- crescent moon - lion: rampant - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe), holding a dagger - wild goat (ibex) or gazelle (andelope): leaping, head turned backwards
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	private collection
Museum number	N/A
Condition, shape	half of the lower edge has been broken off, resulting in partial distortion of the figures
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	private collection
First occurence	before 1988
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 24, d: 8.9
Material and features	"calcite grigio rosata"
Style	linear
Scene	contest
Bibliography	Bergamini 1988, 87 no. 39 and fig. 36. Bergamini, G.: "Sigilli a stampo e a cilindro mesopotamici di collezione privata". Mesopotamia 23 (1988) 63–90.