Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The royal hero grasps a rampant lion-griffin on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the hybrid creatures is the winged sun-disc above a small Bes figure depicted in frontal view. He wears a feather crown and a loincloth.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- Bes: depicted in frontal view, wearing a feather crown and a loincloth - lion-griffins (2): rampant, snarling - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - winged sun-disc: with appendages and volutes
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number	MMA 58.93
Condition, shape	slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	acquired by the MMA (Rogers Fund) from Fahim Joseph Kouchakji (New York) in 1958
First occurence	1958
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 20.1, d: N/A
Material and features	"hematite"
Style	modelled
Scene	contest
Bibliography	MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324799 [accessed: 27-11-2023].