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 a foreleg. He wears a headband and a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a a pattern of squares. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- hero: bearded, wearing a headband and a long, triple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic; the upper part of his garment is decorated with a a pattern of squares - winged bulls (2): rampant, heads turned backwards |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | Universalmuseum Joanneum |
| Museum number | N/A |
| Condition, shape | chipped upper and lower edges, large chips partly distort the figures |
| Culture | Assyro-Babylonian |
| Provenance | gift of James Claudius Rich to Archduke Johann; found in Nineveh(?) |
| First occurence | 1813 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 35.5, d: 16.8 |
| Material and features | "Chalzedon ... 5 E 4 haarbraun und 3 C 2 gelbrau, durchscheinend" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 72–73 no. 87. Bleibtreu, E.: Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981. |