Hero fighting wild goat (ibex)
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A bearded hero grasps the foreleg of a rampant wild goat (ibex) with one hand and holds a sickle sword (scimitar) in the other. He wears a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. Behind the two figures is a large, cactus-like stylised plant in a round pot. An eight-rayed, globe-centred star is above the back of the wild goat and there is a crouching monkey between its hind legs. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a long, double-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic, holding a sickle sword (scimitar) - monkey: crouching - star: eight-rayed, globe-centred - stylised plant: large, cactus-like, in a round pot - wild goat (ibex): rampant, head turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, formerly kept in the collection of Nasli M. Heeramaneck |
| Museum number | M.76.174.413 |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges |
| Culture | Neo-Babylonian |
| Provenance | ex-Heeramaneck Collection |
| First occurence | 1981 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 24, d: 12 |
| Material and features | "white chalcedony" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Porada 1981, 229 no. 1220. 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. |