Hero fighting human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) with the other. He wears a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic and has a sword at his waist. Between the two figures is a rhomb, while behind them is the winged sun-disc above a pot-shaped object. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic, has a sword at his waist, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - human-headed winged lion (lamassu, sphinx): rampant, bearded - pot-shaped object - rhomb - winged sun-disc: with appendages |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the Erlenmeyer Collection |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, slightly worn |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Erlenmeyer Collection, then surfaced at Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999, lot 514 (1st item) |
| First occurence | before 1999 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 19, d: 8 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999, 138 lot 514 (1st item). Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999: Antiquities (sale 27971). |