Winged hero grasping lion and human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant lion with one hand and a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with the other. He wears a rectangular headdress and a broad-belted kilt decorated with a dot-in-square pattern. On either side of his legs is a small, cactus-like stylised plant. An eight-rayed star and a crescent moon appear above the rampant beasts, respectively. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, beardless, wearing a horned headdress - lion: rampant, roaring - star: eight-rayed - stylised plants (2): small, cactus-like - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a rectangular headdress and a broad-belted kilt decorated with a dot-in-square pattern |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | U. 18240 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | found in Ur |
| First occurence | before 1951 (excavation) |
| Archaeological context | burial: XNCF. Persian grave 32/1 |
| Registration number | U. 18240 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 32, d: 18 |
| Material and features | "carnelian" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Legrain 1951, 43 no. 610 and pl. 36. Legrain, L.: Ur Excavations, X: Seal Cylinders (Ur Excavations 10) London – Philadelphia, 1951. |