Royal hero grasping lion-dragon on either side

Object no. S04233
Description of the seal image The royal hero grasps a rampant lion-dragon on either side, each by the head. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Above them is the winged sun-disc.
Figures, motifs/symbols - lion-dragons (2): rampant, horned, roaring
- royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe)
- winged sun-disc: with volutes and appendages
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo
Museum number N/A
Condition, shape chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Achaemenid
First occurence 1991
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 30.3, d: 10
Material and features "banded agate" (in Japanese)
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

Ishida, ed., 1991, 37 no. III–4–11.



Ishida, K., ed.: Inshō no sekai. Kodai oriento bijutsu to rekishi no kataribe [The World of Seals. Narrators/Storytellers of the Visual Arts and History of the Ancient Near East]. Tokyo, 1991 [in Japanese].

Object history The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (20 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter
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