Hero grasping human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a headband and a long, quadruple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic and has a sword at his waist. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a dotted lozenge pattern. Behind the rampant sphinxes is a stylised tree with globe-tipped branches. Above the tree are an eight-rayed star and a crescent moon in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a headband and a long, quadruple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic; the upper part of his garment is decorated with a dotted lozenge pattern; has a sword at his waist - human-headed winged lions (shedus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless, heads turned backwards, wearing headbands - star: eight-rayed - stylised tree: with globe-tipped branches |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon |
| Museum number | E 408-13 (wrong number E 306) |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 19th century |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 30, d: 18 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony blonde" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1939, 911 and pls. 1 and 5: 36. 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. |