Winged hero grasping human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side next to worshipper
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a round headdress and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. At least one of the hybride creature wears a round headdress with a spike on top. A bearded worshipper stands behind the two rampant beasts. He wears a long, broad-belted, fringed robe decorated with a rectangular pattern. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- human-headed winged lions (lamassus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, bearded, at least one of the sphinxes wears a round headdress with a spike on top - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a round headdress and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic; the upper part of the garment is decorated with a crosshatch pattern - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed robe decorated with a rectangular pattern |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | Sb 1496 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges, nearly one third of the upper edge has been broken off, resulting in partial distortion of the worshipper's head and the hybride creature behind the winged hero |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | excavated at Susa |
| First occurence | before 1972 |
| Registration number | Sb 1496 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 41, d: 18.5 |
| Material and features | "calcédoine bleu clair" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Amiet 1972, 280 no. 2163 and pl. 187. 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.
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