Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	Two royal heroes fight two Bes-headed lions (sphinxes), each grasping a hybrid creature by its feather-topped headdress with one hand and holding a dagger in the other. The royal heroes wear dentate crowns (cidarises) and Persian clothing (court robes).
Figures, motifs/symbols	- Bes-headed lions (sphinxes) (2): rampant, heads in frontal view, wearing a feather-topped headdresses - royal heroes (2): wearing dentate crowns (cidarises) and Persian clothing (court robes), holding daggers
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	N/A, formerly kept in the Surena Collection (London), late 1970s–early 1980s
Condition, shape	chipped upper and lower edges
Culture	Achaemenid
Provenance	ex-Surena Collection, then surfaced at Christie’s (London) 07–10–2010, lot 82.
First occurence	late 1970s–early 1980s
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 32, d: N/A
Material and features	"dark green stone"
Style	modelled
Scene	contest
Bibliography	Christie’s (London) 07–10–2010, lot 82. Christie’s (London) 07–10–2010: Antiquities.