Object no. | S00925 |
Description of the seal image | A bearded hero wearing a broad-belted kilt grasps the head of a half-kneeling winged bull or horse. Above the hybrid creature is a winged sun-disc and a crescent moon. |
Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: wearing a broad-belted kilt - winged bull or horse: half-kneeling - winged sun-disc |
Subcategory | cylinder seal |
Collection | The British Museum |
Museum Number | BM ANE 122130 – 1930-10-13, 3 |
Condition, shape | "the upper edge of the seal has been cut down or broken off and repolished" (Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 1) |
Culture / Production Place | Achaemenid |
Provenance | acquired from J. Ebrahimoff |
First Occurrence | before 1930 |
Archaeological context | N/A |
Registration number | N/A |
Dimensions (mm), height, diameter | h: 14, d: 7.5 |
Material and features | "siltstone, black" |
Style | linear |
Scene | contest |
Bibliography |
Merrillees 2005, 47 no. 1 and pl. II. Merrillees, P. H.: Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals VI: Pre-Achaemenid and Achaemenid Periods. (Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum. Cylinder Seals 6) London, 2005. |
Object history |