Median hero fighting rampant lion attacked by dog (hound) beside winged sun-disc and bird (dual scene?)


Median hero fighting rampant lion attacked by dog (hound) beside winged sun-disc and bird (dual scene?)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The lower part of the object has been broken off. The remaining scene shows a hero wearing a Median headdress (bashlyk) and garment grasping a rampant lion by the head with one hand and raising an undetermined weapon with the other. The lion is attacked by a dog from behind. Beside the hero is the winged sun-disc and a bird.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bird
- dog: jumping
- hero: wearing a Median headdress (bashlyk) and garment, holding an undetermined weapon
- lion: rampant, roaring
- winged sun-disc: with globe-tipped appendages
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection formerly owned by professor Ross, Halle
Condition, shape lower half broken off
Culture Achaemenid
Provenance said to be found on the plain of Marathon
First occurence before 1847 (Ross Collection);
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter N/A
Material and features "calcédoine saphirine"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

Lajard 1847, 11 Planche XLII: no. 3 and pl. XLII: 3.



Lajard, F.: Introduction à l’étude du culte public et des mystères de Mithra en orient et en occident. Paris, 1847.