Hero grasping two winged hybrid creatures
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A hero grasps a rampant winged hybrid creature on either side. Between him and the beast on the left is a six-rayed star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero - hybrid creatures (2): rampant, winged, heads turned backwards - star: six-rayed |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum |
| Museum number | VA Bab. 1549, VAN 3263 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, nearly half of the upper edge has been broken off, resulting in partial distortion of the hero and the figure on the right |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | found in Babylon |
| Archaeological context | residential, Parthian house, possibly part of the Esagila temple treasure |
| Registration number | VA Bab. 1549, VAN 3263 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 18, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "schwarzer Stein" |
| Style | cut |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Wetzel – Schmidt – Mallwitz 1957, 39 no. 36 and pl. 46: d. Wetzel, F. – Schmidt, E. – Mallwitz, A.: Das Babylon der Spätzeit. (Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 62) Berlin, 1957. |