Hero grasping human-headed winged lions (lamassu and shedu, sphinxes)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a human-headed winged lion (lamassu and shedu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, open robe. Behind the rampant beasts is a six-rayed, globe-centred star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a long, open robe - human-headed winged lions (lamassu and shedu, sphinxes) (2): rampant, one bearded and one beardless - star: six-rayed, globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | modern impression kept in the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington |
| Museum number | U.S.N.M. 168976 |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | the original cylinder seal is unknown |
| First occurence | 1926 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | N/A |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Casanowicz 1926, 10 and pl. 3: 2. Casanowicz, I.M., “The Collection of Ancient Oriental Seals in the United States National Museum”, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69/4 (1926), 1–23. |