Hero fighting human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) beside worshipper
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps the horn of a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other while trampling on the beast's back. He wears a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic and has a sword at his waist. Facing him a bearded worshipper wearing a long robe. In front of him is the winged sun-disc above what seems to be a stylised plant. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, open robe over a short tunic, has a sword at his waist, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - human-faced winged wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards - stylised plant(?) - winged sun-disc - worshipper: bearded, wearing a long robe |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the Erlenmeyer Collection |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges, worn |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Erlenmeyer Collection, then surfaced at Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999, lot 514 (2nd item) and at Royal-Athena Galleries (New York – London) 01–2004: Art of the Ancient World. Volume XV, lot 182. |
| First occurence | before 1999 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24, d: 6 |
| Material and features | "carnelian" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999, 138 lot 514 (2nd item). Bonhams (Knightsbridge, London) 22–04–1999: Antiquities (sale 27971). Royal-Athena Galleries (New York – London) 01–2004: Art of the Ancient World. Volume XV, 65 lot 182. |