Hero fighting griffin
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant griffin with one hand and brandishes a sword with the other. He wears a double-belted, fringed and tasselled tunic decorated with a dot-in-square pattern. The hybrid creature appears to have a girdle around its genital area. Above its wing is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - griffin: rampant, crested, winged, appears to have a neck ornament and a girdle around its genital area - hero: bearded, wearing a double-belted, fringed and tasselled tunic decorated with a dot-in-square pattern, brandishing a sword |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem |
| Museum number | BLMJ 2781 – BLMJ Seal 426 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| First occurence | 1987 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 47, d: 18 |
| Material and features | "pinkish chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Collon 1987, no. 45. Collon, D.: “Cylinder Seal – Hero Struggling With Griffin”, in: Merhav, R. (ed.), Treasures of the Bible Lands: The Elie Borowski Collection. Tel Aviv 1987, no. 45 Collon 1995, 31–32 and fig. 16. Collon, D.: “Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter, and his Descendants: Contest Scenes on Cylinder Seals”, in: Goodnick Westenholz, J. (ed.), Seals and Sealings in the Ancient Near East. Proceedings of the Symposium Held on September 2, 1993 Jerusalem, Israel. (Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem Publications 1) Jerusalem, 1995, 23–38. |