Hero fighting lion-griffin
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant lion-griffin with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears either a dentate crown (cidaris) or a feather-topped headdress and a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- lion-griffin: rampant, roaring - royal hero: bearded, wearing either a dentate crown (cidaris) or a feather-topped headdress and a long, double-belted, fringed, open robe, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien |
| Museum number | KHM AS X 159 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Achaemenid |
| First occurence | 1981 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 37.8, d: 11.7 |
| Material and features | "Achat ... 8 F 4 dunkelbraun, 5 D 4 hellbraun und 5 A 1 wieß" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 92 no. 113. Bleibtreu, E.: Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981. |