Hero fighting griffin


Hero fighting griffin
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded hero grasps the wing of a rampant griffin with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) with the other while trampling on the rampant beast's hind leg. He wears a horned tiara and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe or kilt.
Figures, motifs/symbols - griffin: rampant, winged, crested, head turned backwards
- hero: bearded, wearing a horned tiara and a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe or kilt, holding a sickle sword (scimitar)
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Vorderasiatisches Museum
Museum number VA 13364
Condition, shape slightly chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenance Uruk (Warka)
First occurence N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 25, d: 14
Material and features "Achat"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

VA: https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/1744620/tierkampfszene [accessed: 18-03-2026].