Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The royal hero grasps a rampant lion on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe).
Figures, motifs/symbols	- lions (2): rampant, roaring, clawing at the royal hero - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe)
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number	MFA 65.1434
Condition, shape	worn
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	ex-Moussa Collection; purchased by the MFA from R. Moussa, through Ali Tehranian (Little Falls, NJ) on 10 November 1965
First occurence	before 1965
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 25, d: 10
Material and features	"stone"
Style	linear
Scene	contest
Bibliography	MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163845/ [accessed: 13-11-2023].