Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	A hero or bull-man (kusarikku) grasps the foreleg of a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) with one hand and seemingly holds a bow with the other. Behind the two figures is a wild goat (ibex). Above the latter is a crescent moon with a globe inside its arc, and two small globes appear outside of it. Four further globes are drilled between the two fighting figures.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- crescent moon - globes (7): scattered around the image field, one inside the crescent moon's arc - hero or bull-man (kusarikku): seemingly horned, holding a bow - human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx): bearded, semi-rampant, head turned backwards - wild goat (ibex): head turned backwards
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number	MMA 74.51.4326
Culture	other
Provenance	said to be from Ayia Paraskevi, Cyprus; found by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola in Cyprus between 1865–1872; acquired by the MMA from him in 1874
First occurence	between 1865–1872
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 19.1, d: N/A
Material and features	"steatite (?)"
Bibliography	MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/321414 [accessed: 06-12-2023].