Hero grasping griffin on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant griffin on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his legs are a stylised plant and a cuneiform sign. Above the beast on the right is a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - griffins (2): rampant, crested, winged, heads turned backwards - hero: bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted, fringed, open robe over a short tunic - stylised plant: small, cactus-like - wedges (3): cuneiform |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Vorderasiatische Altertumskunde from 1967, formerly kept in the collection of Erwin Oppenländer |
| Museum number | FUB 122 |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges, surface burnt |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at auction in London in 1962, ex-Oppenländer Collection |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35, d: 17 |
| Material and features | "Bergkristall, Oberfläche verbrannt " |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | cuneiform: Akkadian |
| Transliteration |
1. ša2 |
| Translation | 1. Property ... |
| Bibliography |
Moortgat-Correns 1968, 277 no. 122 and pl. 48. Moortgat-Correns, U.: “Die ehemalige Rollsiegel-Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer”, Baghdader Mitteilungen 4 (1968) 233–289. |