Hero with scimitar attacking lion

"An indication for the classification of 1068 as Cypriote is given by Ward's remark htat this seal is "said to come from Cyprus." The piece resemble Syrian seals in the modeling of its figures and in the arrengement of its design, which presenta a principal scene and a subsidiary motif, separated by a guilloche. However, Ward's clue pointing to Cypriote origin is possibly confirmed by the fact that the principal motif--that of a god or hero fighting a lion--is not common in the Syrian stle, and by the fact that the garment of the hero differs from the attire of Syrian figures. This grament consists of a bordered kilt, together with an upper part loosely draped over the shoulders, and is not unlike that of the hero of a scene on an ivory mirror handle found at Enkomi in Cyprus."--Porada, CANES, p. 149
Hematite corroded.