Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	The royal hero grasps a rampant lion on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Above the lion on the right is a crescent moon, while behind the animals is a tall stylised tree, perhaps a cypress.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- crescent moon - lions (2): rampant, roaring, clawing at the royal hero - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - stylised tree: tall, coniferious, perhaps a cypress
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number	MMA 59.209.14
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	ex-Arthur B. Davies Collection; in the possession of Frederic Newlin Price (Ferargil Galleries, New York) between 1928–1959; gifted by him to the MMA in 1959
First occurence	before 1928
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 22.1, d: N/A
Material and features	"stone"
Style	linear
Scene	contest
Bibliography	MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324959 [accessed: 06-12-2023].