Winged hero fighting human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a round headdress and a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Above the sphinx's tail is a six-rayed star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, beardless - star: six-rayed - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a round headdress and a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Giancarlo Ligabue Foundation |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 2017 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Del Fabbro 2017, 114–115 no. 63. Del Fabro, R.: “Cylinder seal with contest scene”. In: Adriano, F. (ed.), Sings Before the Alphabet: Journey to Mesopotamia at the Origins of Writing. Venice, 2017, 114–115 no.63. |