| 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 |