Hero fighting bull and lion

Object no. S04100
Description of the seal image A hero fights a rampant lion and a bull.
Figures, motifs/symbols - bull: rampant
- hero
- lion: rampant
Subcategory cylinder seal
Collection Yale Babylonian Collection – Yale Peabody Museum
Museum number YPM BC 023723 (original number: YBC 09696)
Condition, shape N/A
Culture Middle Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter NA
Material and features "carnelian"
Authenticity (public) fake/modern? https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-BC-023723 [accessed: 15-03-2026]
Style N/A
Scene contest
Bibliography

Buchanan 1960, 32 no. 96.



Buchanan, B.: "The Cylinder Seals of the Yale Babylonian Collection", Yale University Library Gazette 35/1 (1960) 23–34.



YPM BC: https://collections.peabody.yale.edu/search/Record/YPM-BC-023723 [accessed: 15-03-2026].

Object history The publications mentioning the objects in this database were collected and the objects classified by ZN; data for the present object was input and preliminary description of the object done by ER based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by ZN and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN (19 March 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, ER – Erika Roboz
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