Winged hero grasping winged wild goat (ibex) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant, winged wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by a foreleg. He wears a long, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the rampant animals is a six-rayed, globe-centred star above a globe-topped standard (or divine weapon, i.e., mace). |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - standard: globe-topped or divine weapon, i.e., mace - star: six-rayed, globe-centred - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, open robe over a short tunic - winged wild goat (ibex) (2): rampant, heads turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in the collection of Hans Silvius von Aulock |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Aulock Collection |
| First occurence | 1957 |
| Material and features | "graublauer, durch Feuer verfärbter und teilweise gesprungener Chalcedon" |
| Style | cut, drilled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
von der Osten 1957, 120–121 no. 329. von der Osten, H.H.: Altorientalische Siegelsteine der Sammlung Hans Silvius von Aulock. (Studia Ethnographica Upsaliensia 13) Uppsala, 1957. |