Royal hero fighting rampant griffin
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A royal hero wearing a crown (cidaris) and a long, belted robe grasps a rampant griffin by the neck with his left hand and holds a dagger or short sword (akinakes) in his lowered right hand. Unfinished seal image. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- griffin: rampant, winged - royal hero: bearded, wearing a crown (cidaris) and a long, belted robe, holding a dagger or short sword (akinakes) in his lowered right hand |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | De Clercq Collection |
| Museum Number | De Clercq 383 |
| Culture / Production Place | Achaemenid |
| Culture and/or date | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | ex-de Clercq Collection |
| First Occurrence | before 1888 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 22, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "sardoine rubanée" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
De Clercq – Menant 1888, 210 no. 383 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. |