Hero grasping gazelle (antelope) and carrying its kid
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant gazelle (antelope) with one hand and carries the animal's kid by its hind leg with the other. He wears a long, belted, tasselled, open robe over a short tunic. Directly in fron of his right foot is a fish, while a rhomb appears above the gazelle's back. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- fish - gazelle (antelope): rampant - hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, tasselled, open robe over a short tunic - kid: inverted - rhomb |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Present whereabouts unknown |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 06–07–1993, lot 250 |
| First occurence | 1993 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24, d: 11 |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | cut, drilled, modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 06–07–1993, 38 and 40 lot 250. Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 06–07–1993: Fine Antiquities. |