Royal hero grasping deer (stag) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a rampant deer (stag) on either side, each by the foreleg. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the animals is a crescent moon in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - deer (2): stags, rampant, heads turned backwards - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | Sb 1487 |
| Condition, shape | slightly worn |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | found in Susa |
| First occurence | 1950 |
| Registration number | Sb 1487 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 29, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "calcaire gris-rose" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Rutten 1950, 178 no. 62 and pl. 6: 62. Rutten, M.: “Glyptique susienne. Empreintes et cylindres”, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 44 (1950) 161–178. Amiet 1972, 285 no. 2207 and pl. 189. Amiet, P.: Glyptique susienne des origines à l’époque des perses achéménides. Cachets, sceaux-cylindres et empreintes antiques découverts à Suse de 1913 à 1967. I: Texte – II: Planches (Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique en Iran 43: Mission de Susiane) Paris, 1972. |