Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	A bearded hero grasps a lion on either side, each by a hind leg. He wears a dentate or feather crown and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the lions is an alphabetic inscription.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- hero: bearded, wearing a dentate or feather crown and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic - inscription: alphabetic - lions (2): inverted, heads turned backwards, roaring
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Museum of Fine Arts Boston / MFA
Museum number	MFA 65.1442
Culture	Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian
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: 25.5, d: 12.5 (slightly barrel-shaped)
Material and features	"agate"
Style	linear
Scene	contest
Writing system, language	alphabetic: Aramaic
Transliteration	(7 letters)
Bibliography	MFA: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/163861/ [accessed: 13-11-2023].