Hero grasping human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side. In the image field are a star above, and a rhomb and a 'ball-and-staff' motif below. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- 'ball-and-staff' - hero: bearded - human-headed winged lions (shedus or lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant - rhomb - star |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Rijksmuseum van Oudheden; formerly kept in the Cabinet Royal des Médailles à la Haye |
| Museum number | M.133 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chip partly distorts the hybride creature's head behind the hero |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| First occurence | 1878 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 19, d: 10.5 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine", "cornaline rouge" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Menant 1878, 54 no. 133–56. Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878. Zadoks-Josephus 1952, 33 no. 126. 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. |