Hero grasping winged bull on either side beside worshipper
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The seal image is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded hero grasps a rampant winged bull on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a brimmed headdress and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed robe over a short tunic. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. A fish and a rhomb appear on either side of his legs, respectively, while a crescent moon is above the rampant beast on the right. Behind them a bearded worshipper wears a long, fringed robe decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - fish - hero: bearded, wearing a brimmed headdress and a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed robe over a short tunic, the upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern - rhomb - winged bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long, fringed robe, the lower part of which is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Christie’s (New York) 30–05–1997, 40–41 lot 87 |
| First occurence | 1997 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "agate" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Christie’s (New York) 30–05–1997, 40–41 lot 87. Christie’s (New York) 30–05–1997: Fine Antiquities (NAXOS-8684). |