Hero fighting bull beside stylised tree
| 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 animal's hind leg. He wears a long, belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Above his right shoulder is a large crescent moon. A fish appears below the bull's forelegs, while beyond that is a stylised tree (rosette tree) with radially arranged branches ending in buds or cones. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant, head turned backwards - crescent moon - fish - hero: bearded, wearing a long, belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - stylised tree (rosette tree): with radially arranged branches ending in buds or cones |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | surfaced at Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000, lot 282 |
| First occurence | 2000 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 21, d: N/A |
| Material and features | "chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000, 158–159 lot 282. Christie’s (South Kensington, London) 05–10–2000: Antiquities (sale ANT-8890). |