Winged hero fighting rampant griffin beside stylised tree (modern [i.e., fake])


Winged hero fighting rampant griffin beside stylised tree (modern [i.e., fake])
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded winged hero grasps the wing of a rampant griffin with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while lifting his right leg. He wears a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. His garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. In front of the hybrid creature is a stylised tree (rosette tree) with interlinked buds arranged radially. Imitations of cuneiform signs appear on either side of the tree.
Figures, motifs/symbols - griffin: rampant, winged, head turned backwards
- inscription: pseudo cuneiform signs
- stylised tree: with interlinked buds arranged radially and tendrils on its stem
- winged hero: bearded, winged, wearing a long, belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar); the upper part of his garment is decorated with a crosshatch pattern
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art; permanent loan in the University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, formerly kept in the Hilprecht Collection
Museum number L-29-492A, F29-6-188-133, HIL.CAT.73
Culture other
Provenance ex-Hilprecht Collection
First occurence before 1926
Material and features "rock crystal"
Authenticity (public) modern (i.e., fake); for the pattern, see S02123 (ZN)
Style modelled
Scene contest
Transliteration

1. dAMAR.UTU PAB ZI



2. TIN BA-ša2
Translation 1. O Marduk, preserve life,
2. grant (me) health!
Bibliography

Boissier 1926, 18 and 21 no. 11.



Boissier, A.: “Notes assyriologiques: II. A travers la glyptique”, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 23 (1926), 17–21.



https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/383960 [accessed 20–03–2026].