Hero fighting and worshipper facing contest
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps the horn of a rampant bull with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while trampling on the bull's hind legs. He wears a long, belted, tiered and fringed robe over a short tunic. A bearded worshipper faces the hero. He wears a long, belted robe with a fringed lower edge. In front of him is a crescent moon in the sky and the head of a double-headed axe below, while behind him is an eight-rayed star in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, tiered and fringed robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - double-headed axe-head - star: eight-rayed - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long, belted robe with a fringed lower edge |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the Erlenmeyer Collection |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Erlenmeyer Collection, then surfaced at Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999, lot 513 (1st item) |
| First occurence | 1962 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 15, d: 8 |
| Material and features | "carnelian" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Erlenmeyer – Erlenmeyer 1962, 296–297 and pl. LIII: Abb. 78. Erlenmeyer, M.-L. – Erlenmeyer, H., “Von der Bedeutung der Religionsgeschichte für die ästhetischen Probleme der Bildkunst. II." OrientaliaOrientalia NS 31/3 (1962), 293–312. Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999, 137 lot 513 (1st item). Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999: Antiquities (sale 27971). |