Royal hero grasping lion on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a rampant lion on either side, each by the head. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Above the lions' tails is a cock. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bird: cock - lions (2): rampant - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Iraq Museum |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| First occurence | 1946 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | N/A |
| Material and features | N/A |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Basmachi 1946, 164 and pl. 6. Basmachi, F.: “Cylinder Seals”, Sumer 2 (1946), 156–164 [in Arabic]. |