Royal hero carrying lion on either side beside scorpion-tailed bird-man
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero carries a lion on either side, each by a hind leg. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Behind the lion on the right is a striding scorpion-tailed bird-man wearing a brimmed, conical headdress. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- lions (2): inverted, heads turned backwards, snarling - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) - scorpion-tailed bird-man: striding, bearded, wearing a brimmed, conical headdress |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien |
| Museum number | KHM AS X 85 (AE_SEM_1242) |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chips partly distort the scorpion-tailed bird-man below |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | kept in the Antikensammlung until 1982 |
| First occurence | 1842 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 19, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "Milchopal ... 4 A 3 blaßgelb" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 89–90 no. 110. Bleibtreu, E.: Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981. |