Hero grasping human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero grasps a rampant human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his body is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star in the sky and a rhomb below, and a crescent moon in the sky, and a fish below, respectively. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish - hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic - human-headed winged lions (shedus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, beardless - rhomb - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000, lot 281 |
| First occurence | 2000 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 36, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000, 158–159 lot 281. Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000: Antiquities (sale ANT-8890). |