Royal hero fighting winged bull beside wild goat (ibex)

Object no. S02826
Description of the seal image Royal hero grasps a rampant winged bull by the throat with one hand and holds a mace in the other. He wears a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the winged bull is a rampant wild goat (ibex) looking backwards.
Figures, motifs/symbols - royal hero: bearded, wearing a dentate crown (cidaris) and a long, fringed, open robe over a short tunic, holding a mace
- wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards
- winged bull: rampant
Subcategory bead cylinder seal
Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number MMA 1999.325.112
Culture Achaemenid
Provenance ex-Kelekian Collection; acquired by Dikran G. Kelekian between 1893–1910; donated by Nanette B. Kelekian to the MMA in 1999
First occurence between 1893–1910
Archaeological context N/A
Registration number N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter h: 35, d: 14 (barrel-shaped)
Material and features "agate, banded"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327708 [accessed: 19-11-2023].

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 (03 March 2026). GE – Gábor Erdős, HL – Huba Lőrincz, ZN – Zoltán Niederreiter, MNy – Mónika Nyitrai
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