Hero fighting human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps the crown of a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a dagger in the other. He wears a feather-topped headdress or a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the rampant beast wearing a feather-topped headdress is a crescent moon above a stylised plant. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): rampant, head turned backwards, wearing a feather-topped headdress - royal hero: bearded, wearing a feather-topped headdress or a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a dagger - stylised plant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden; formerly kept in the Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye |
| Museum number | M.137 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges, scattered small faults on the entire field |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | formerly owned be Professor Reuvens of Leyden then acquired for the Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye in 1838 |
| First occurence | belonged to Professor Reuvens of Leyden, acquired for the Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye, 1838 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 25, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "hématite", "lapis lazuli, bleu-grîsâtre" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Cullimore 1842, pl. 2: 11. Cullimore, A.: Oriental Cylinders. No. I. London 1842. Menant 1878, 56 no. 137–145. Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878. Zadoks-Josephus 1952, 38 no. 150. Zadoks-Josephus J.A.N.: Catalogue sommaire des cylindres orientaux au Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye. (En collaboration avec R. Frankena) La Haye, 1952. |