Hero grasping griffin on either side


Hero grasping griffin on either side
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. Hero fighting two sitting griffins. He seems to wear a headdress with flaps.
Figures, motifs/symbols - borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom
- griffins: sitting, winged
- hero: seemingly wearing a headdress with flaps
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection N/A, formerly kept in the Colville Collection
Condition, shape chipped upper and lower edges
Culture Achaemenid, North Syrian, uncertain
Provenance ex-collection of Colville, then surfaced at Christie's (London) 06–07–1994, lot 159
First occurence formerly kept in the N. Colville Collection, before 1994
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 20, d: N/A
Material and features "cornelian"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

Christie's (London) 06–07–1994, 69 lot 159.



Christie's (London) 06–07–1994: Fine Antiquities.