Rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu or lamassu, sphinx) facing stylised tree


Rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu or lamassu, sphinx) facing stylised tree
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu or lamassu, sphinx) faces a stylised tree with large leaves. Beyond the tree are a crescent moon and a fish.
Figures, motifs/symbols - crescent moon
- fish
- human-headed winged lion (shedu or lamassu, sphinx): rampant
- stylised tree: with large leaves
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Rijksmuseum van Oudheden – Dutch National Museum of Antiquities
Museum number M.144
Culture Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
First occurence Menant 1878, 58 no. 144 - 66.
Material and features cornaline, rouge et gris flambe
Translation N/A
Bibliography

Menant 1878, 58 no. 144-66.



Menant, J.: Catalogue des cylindres orientaux du Cabinet Royal des Médailles de La Haye. La Haye, 1878.



Zadoks-Josephus 1952, 34 no. 131.



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.