Winged hero fighting lion
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded winged hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant lion with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a round headdress and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Above the lion is an eight-rayed star over a crescent moon, while in front of the winged hero is seemingly a stylised plant. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - lion: rampant, roaring - star: eight-rayed - stylised plant: uncertain - winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a round headdress and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| 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 | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Place 1867–1870, vol. 3: pl. 76: h. 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. |