Hero fighting winged bull

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Object no.	S01234
Description of the seal image	A bearded hero wearing a belted tunic grasps a foreleg of a rampant, winged bull with his left hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in his lowered right hand. Between the two figures, there is a fish, while behind them, an eight-rayed star above a globe and an unidentified symbol.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- fish - globe - hero: wearing a belted tunic; with a sickle sword (scimitar) in his lowered right hand - star: eight-rayed - unidentifed symbol - winged bull: rampant, winged
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	Musée historique et archéologique de l’Orléanais
Museum number	C.341
Condition, shape	worn
Culture	Neo-Assyrian
Provenance	said to be from Mesopotamia; sent by the missionary Father Lhuillier; collection assembled by abbé Desroches
First occurence	around 1884 (Desroches Collection)
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 18, d: 9
Material and features	N/A
Style	linear
Scene	contest
Bibliography	Delaporte 1909, 96 no. 23. Delaporte, L.: "Les cylindres orientaux du Musée historique de l’Orléanais". In: Hilprecht Anniversary Volume: Studies in Assyriology and Archaeology Dedicated to Hermann V. Hilprecht upon the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of His Doctorate and His Fiftieth Birthday (July 28) by his Colleagues, Friends and Admirers. Leipzig, 1909, 83–100.

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 GE based on the relevant publication provided, then the data was checked by MNy and the present object descriptions done by HL; object data and description were finalized by ZN. GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai

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Hero fighting winged bull

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