Hero carrying bull and grasping another one
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero carries the hind leg of a bull with one hand and grasps the foreleg of another with the other hand. He wears a long, broad-belted, tiered, fringed and tasselled open robe over a short tunic. On either side of his legs are a rhomb and a fish, respectively. In the sky above the animals is an eight-rayed, globe-centred star and a crescent moon. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - bull 1: inverted - bull 2: rampant, head turned backwards - crescent moon - fish - hero: bearded, wearing a broad-belted, tiered, fringed and tasselled open robe over a short tunic - rhomb - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Christie's (London) 05–07–1995, lot 351 |
| First occurence | 1995 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 27, d: N/A |
| Material and features | white and yellow veined stone |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Christie's (London) 05–07–1995, 126–127 lot 351. Christie's (London) 05–07–1995: Fine Antiquities (ANTONIUS-5431). |