Rampant lion and bird flanking stylised tree
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A rampant lion and a bird flank a stylised tree set between them. Behind the two figures is a sitting monkey in the upper image field, while above the lion's head is a Kassite cross. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - Kassite cross - lion: rampant - monkey: sitting - stylised tree: palmette-like, with offshoots |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 43.102.38 |
| Culture | Iranian |
| Provenance | excavated by Erich F. Schmidt at Surkh dum-i-Luri in 1938; acquired by the MMA (Rogers Fund) from the American Institute for Iranian Art and Archaeology (New York) in 1943 |
| First occurence | 1938 |
| Archaeological context | Iran, Luristan, Surkh Dum-i-Luri, area 3, level 2A(?) |
| Registration number | Sor 807 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 40, d: 10 (van Loon 1989); h: 39.9, d: N/A (MMA) |
| Material and features | "bitumen" (van Loon 1989); "bitumen matrix with white mineral aggregate" (MMA) |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | animal, ritual |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Translation | N/A |
| Bibliography |
van Loon 1989, 433, 463, 572 no. 119 and pl. 240. van Loon, M. N.: "Iron Age Cylinder and Stamp Seals". In: Schmidt†, E. F. – van Loon, M. N. – Curvers, H. H.: The Holmes Expeditions to Luristan. Text – Plates. (Oriental Institute Publications 108) Chicago, 1989, 413–474. MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/323998 [accessed: 27-11-2023]. |