Hero grasping human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. The hybride creatures wear similar headdresses. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic - human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards, wearing dentate crowns (cidarises) |
| Subcategory | bead cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | IM 56050 |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | found in Nippur |
| First occurence | before 1967 (excavation); |
| Registration number | 2N 170 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 46, d: 13, barrel-shaped |
| Material and features | "brown and white agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
McCown – Haines – Hansen 1967, pl. 114: 10. McCown, D.E. – Haines, R.C. – Hansen, D.P.: Nippur I: Temple of Enlil, Scribal Quarter, and Soundings: Excavations of the Joint Expedition to Nippur of the University Museum of Philadelphia and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. (Oriental Institute Publications 78) Chicago, 1967. |