Royal hero fighting winged bull beside wild goat (ibex)


Royal hero fighting winged bull beside wild goat (ibex)
Kategória Cylinder Seals
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].