Hero (archer) hunting human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A half-kneeling, bearded hero (archer) wearing a belted tunic with a fringed lower edge aims his bow at a human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx). The archer has a sword in a sheath at his waist and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back. Between the two figures, there is an eight-rayed star above and a small, palmette-like stylised plant below. Above the hybrid creature is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: archer, hunter, bearded, wearing a belted tunic with a fringed lower edge, has a sword in a sheath at his waist and a tasselled quiver full of arrows on his back - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): beardless, head turned backwards, raising a forepaw - star: eight-rayed - stylised plant: small, palmette-like |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | private collection |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Assyrian |
| Provenance | ex-Sir Austen Henry Layard Collection; private collection in Venice |
| First occurence | before 1952 |
| Archaeological context | N/A |
| Registration number | N/A |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 22, d: 10 |
| Material and features | "Steatit" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | hunting |
| Bibliography |
Borowski 1952, 174–175 no. 5 and Taf. XXII. Borowski, E.: "Siegel der Sammlung Layard". Orientalia 21 (1952) 168–183. |