Scorpion-man (girtablullu) fighting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | The scene is framed by line borders at the top and bottom. A scorpion-man (girtablullu) grasps a striding wild goat (ibex) with one hand and brandishes a weapon with the other. He wears a conical headdress and has crossed straps on his chest. Between the two figures is a wedge, while behind them is a crescent moon above an eight-rayed, globe-centred star. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- borderlines (2): line borders at the top and bottom - crescent moon - scorpion-man (girtablullu): wearing a conical headdress, brandishing a weapon, has crossed straps on his chest - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - wedge: cuneiform - wild goat (ibex): striding |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, formerly kept in the collection of Nasli M. Heeramaneck |
| Museum number | M.76.174.419 |
| Condition, shape | slightly damaged upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Iranian, Neo-Elamite |
| Provenance | ex-Heeramaneck Collection |
| First occurence | 1981 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 33.8, d: 13 |
| Material and features | "brown marble" |
| Style | linear |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1981, 228 no. 1210. Porada, E.: “Stamp and Cylinder Seals of the Ancient Near East”. In: Moorey, P.R.S. et al. (eds.), Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics and Seals. The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles, 1981, 187–234. |