Winged hero grasping human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) on either side
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded, four-winged hero grasps a rampant human-faced winged wild goat (ibex) on either side, each by the head. He wears a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic. Behind the rampant beasts is a horizontally-set alphabetic inscription in the upper image field. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- human-faced winged wild goats (ibexes) (2): rampant - inscription: horizontally-set, alphabetic - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed, open robe over a short tunic |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A, formerly kept in James Lewis Kraft Collection |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | Ex-James Lewis Kraft Collection, then surfaced at Sotheby’s (New York) 17–12–1996, lot 359 |
| First occurence | 1996 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 29, d: 16 |
| Material and features | "smoky chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Writing system, language | alphabetic |
| Transliteration |
(one line) |
| Bibliography |
Sotheby’s (New York) 17–12–1996, lot 359. Sotheby’s (New York) 17–12–1996: Antiquities. |