| 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 |