Striding human-headed griffin
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A beardless human-headed griffin strides towards the right. The creature wears a feather-topped headdress. In front of it is a vertically-set, five-line cuneiform inscription framed and separated by rulings. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- human-headed griffin: beardless, winged, striding, wearing a feather-topped headdress - inscription: vertically-set, five-line, cuneiform, framed and separated by rulings |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Musée du Louvre |
| Museum number | AO 4485 – CCO A. 619 |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | acquired in 1907 |
| First occurence | 1907 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 41, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "lapis-lazuli" |
| Translation | (1) Spoken the word of Sin and Marduk (2) the gods his lords (3) than the one who prints this (4) (seal) be satisfied with life! Seal of Makkour (?) - Marduk (5) doctor, son of Sin-afharid, doctor |
| Bibliography |
Delaporte 1923, 162 no. A. 619 and pl. 85: 12. Delaporte, L.: Musée du Louvre. Catalogue des cylindres. Cachets et pierres gravées de style oriental. II: Acquisitions. Paris, 1923. |