Winged hero grasping griffin and human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant griffin with one hand and a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with the other. He wears a horned tiara and a long, belted, tiered and fringed open robe. The human-headed winged lion wears a horned tiara. Behind the beasts is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - griffin: rampant, head turned backwards - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): rampant, beardless, wearing a horned tiara - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a horned tiara and a long, belted, tiered and fringed open robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden; formerly kept in the Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye |
| Museum number | M.134 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 1847 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24.5, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "agate veinée", "calcédoine bleu grisâtre" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Lajard 1847, 16 Planche LVI: no. 4 and pl. LVI: 4. Lajard, F.: Introduction à l’étude du culte public et des mystères de Mithra en orient et en occident. Paris, 1847. Menant 1878, 54 no. 134–36. Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878. Zadoks-Josephus 1952, 33 no. 123. Zadoks-Josephus J.A.N.: Catalogue sommaire des cylindres orientaux au Cabinet royal des médailles à La Haye. (En collaboration avec R. Frankena) La Haye, 1952. |