Two rampant griffins clashing
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by double-line borders made by the seal caps at the top and bottom. Two rampant griffins clash in the middle. The creatures are set on a ground line. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): double-line borders made by the seal caps at the top and bottom - griffins (2): rampant, winged, crested - ground line |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA |
| Museum number | MMA 99.36.1 |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | acquired by the MMA from Daniel Z. Noorian (New York) in 1899 |
| First occurence | 1899 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 42, d: 11 (with gold caps) |
| Material and features | "onyx" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | animal |
| Transliteration |
N/A |
| Bibliography |
Schmandt-Besserat 1977, 41 no. 36. Schmandt-Besserat, D. et al., Ancient Persia: The Art of an Empire. (The University Art Museum) Austin, Texas, 1977. Imai 1983, no. 145. Imai, A.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Selections from the Collection of the Ancient Near East Department. Tokyo, 1983 [in Japanese]. MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/322366 [accessed: 27-11-2023]. |