Hero grasping wild goat (ibex) on either side


Hero grasping wild goat (ibex) on either side
Kategória Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image A bearded hero grasps a rampant wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a belted tunic.
Figures, motifs/symbols - hero: bearded, wearing a belted tunic
- wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards
Subcategory bead cylinder seal
Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art / The MET / MMA
Museum number MMA 1999.325.92
Condition, shape worn
Culture Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian
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: 39, d: 14
Material and features "brown and white agate (quartz)"
Style modelled
Scene contest
Bibliography

MMA: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327688 [accessed: 19-11-2023].