Hero fighting human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The seal image is damaged by chipping in several places. The remaining scene depicts a bearded hero grasping the foreleg of a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with one hand and holding a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a broad-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. Between the two figures is a small, cactus-like stylised plant, while above the sphinx is a crescent moon. The hero may have been depicted with short wings. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero or winged hero: bearded, possibly winged, wearing a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, beardless - stylised plant: small, cactus-like |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon |
| Museum number | 34 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chips partly distort the figures |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 1939 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "calcaire gris" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1939, 911 and pls. 1 and 5: 34. Delaporte, L.: "Intailles orientales au Palais des Arts de la ville de Lyon". In: Amis et ses élèves (eds.), Mélanges syriens offerts à Monsieur René Dussaud. Tome 2 (Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique 30) Paris, 1939, 907–912.
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