Hero grasping winged bull on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps a rampant winged bull on either side, each by the horn. He wears a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a net or crosshatch pattern. Below the forelegs of the right-hand beast is a crouching monkey, while above its wings is a crescent moon. An eight-rayed, globe-centred star appears in the sky behind the rampant hybrid creatures. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- crescent moon - hero: bearded, wearing a long, broad-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic; the upper part of the garment is decorated with a crosshatch pattern - monkey: crouching - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - winged bulls (2): rampant |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the collection of Hans Silvius von Aulock |
| Condition, shape | slightly chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Aulock Collection, then surfaced at Christie's (New York) 13–06–2000, 164 lot 548 |
| First occurence | 1957 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 36, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "Rosenquartz" or "rose quartz" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
von der Osten 1957, 119 no. 322. von der Osten, H.H.: Altorientalische Siegelsteine der Sammlung Hans Silvius von Aulock. (Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia 13) Uppsala, 1957. Christie's (New York) 13–06–2000, 164 lot 548. Christie's (New York) 13–06–2000, Antiquities (sale PAZUZU-9380). |