Hero grasping wild goat (ibex) on either side next to scorpion-tailed bird-man (unfinished)

Object no. S01786
Description of the seal image A bearded hero wearing a rectangular headdress and a long, open robe grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by a foreleg. Next to them stands an unfinished scorpion-tailed bird-man.
Figures, motifs/symbols - hero: bearded, wearing a rectangular headdress and a long, open robe
- scorpion-tailed bird-man: unfinished
- wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards
Subcategory bead cylinder seal
Collection Adana Archaeology Museum
Museum number 980
Culture Neo-Babylonian
Provenance acquired in trade in 1972
First occurence 1972
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 35; d: 6–12
Material and features "roche vitrifiée translucide à trois zones de couleur: brun foncé, blanc et brun clair"
Style cut
Scene contest
Transliteration

N/A

Translation N/A
Bibliography

Tunca 1979, 24 no. 109.



Tunca, O.: "Catalogue des sceaux-cylindres du Musée régional d’Adana". Syro-Mesopotamian Studies 3/1 (1979) 1–28.

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 GWN 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 (22 February 2026). HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai, GWN – Gábor Winkler-Nemes
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