Royal hero grasping deer on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a rampant deer (stag) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the animals is a tree. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- deer (2): stags, rampant, heads turned backwards - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - tree: small, coniferous, likely a cypress |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | appeared in the antiquities trade in Rome |
| First occurence | 1980 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "pietra calcarea, di color rosa salmone" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
Pecorella 1980, 332–334 no. 9 and tav. V. Pecorella, P. E.: "Dieci sigilli cilindrici del Vicino Oriente". Studi Micenei ed Egeo-anatolici 22 (Incunabula Graeca 73) (1980) 323–335. |