Winged hero fighting rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The lower quart of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene is framed by a line border at the top. A bearded, winged hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a horned tiara and a long, fringed robe. The hybride creature wears a horned tiara. Between them is a rhomb, while behind them are three ears of wheat ('bottle-brush' trees) below a crescent moon and an eight-rayed star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- ears of wheat ('bottle-brush' trees) (3) - crescent moon - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, head turned backwards, beardless, wearing a horned tiara - rhomb - star: eight-rayed - winged hero: winged, bearded, wearing a horned tiara and a long, fringed robe, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | the lower quart of the object has been broken off |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | found at Khorsabad (Dur-Sharrukin) |
| First occurence | between 1852–1854 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | N/A |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Place 1867–1870, vol. 3: pl. 76: a. Place, V.: Ninive et l’Assyrie, avec des essais de restauration par Félix Thomas. Vols. I–III. Paris, 1867–1870. Delaporte 1920, 86. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental, I: Fouilles et missions. Paris, 1920. |