Stamp-cylinder seal: Royal hero grasping lion on either side (cylinder image) – human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) below a crescent moon (stamp image) – eight-rayed star (stamp image on the handle)


Stamp-cylinder seal: Royal hero grasping lion on either side (cylinder image) – human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) below a crescent moon (stamp image) – eight-rayed star (stamp image on the handle)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The cylinder image is framed by a line border at the top. The royal hero grasps a rampant lion on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the lions is a stylised tree.
The seal image depicts a reclining human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) under a crescent moon, while the seal image on the handle depicts an eight-rayed star.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderline: line border at the top
- crescent moon
- human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): reclining, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris)
- lions (2): rampant, roaring, clawing at the hero
- royal hero: wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe)
- star: eight-rayed
- stylised tree: tall
Subcategory cylinder seal stamp cylinder
Collection N/A
Culture Achaemenid
Provenance surfaced at Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot 457
First occurence 1962
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 34, d: 10
Material and features "serpentine"
Style linear
Scene contest
Bibliography

Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962, lot. 257.



Drouot (Paris) 25 and 26–06–1962: Importante collection de cylindres et cachets Mesopotamie et proche-Orient statuettes archaïques, bijoux en or.