Royal hero grasping lion-griffin on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The royal hero grasps a rampant lion-griffin on either side, each by the throat. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe). Above him is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - lion-griffins (2): rampant, roaring - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and Persian clothing (court robe) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien |
| Museum number | KHM AS X 88 (AE_SEM_1245) |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| Provenance | kept in the Antikensammlung until 1982 |
| First occurence | 1842 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "Chalzedon ... 23 D 2 blaugrau, durchscheinend" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 90-91 no. 111. Bleibtreu, E.: Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981. |