Royal hero grasping lion on eiher side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a rampant lion on either side, each by the neck. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind them is a tree below a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - lions (2): rampant - tree: tall, coniferous |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum number | De Clercq 382 |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First occurence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 19, d: 9 |
| Material and features | "porphyre jaune clair" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 210 no. 382 and pl. XXXIV. De Clercq, L. – Menant, J.: Collection de Clercq: Catalogue méthodique et raisonné. Antiquités assyriennes: Cylindres orientaux, cachets, briques, bronzes, bas-reliefs, etc. I: Cylindres orientaux. I: Texte – II: Planches et carte. Paris, 1888. |