Hero fighting rampant bull over calf
| Kategória | Cylinder Seals |
| Description of the seal image | A hero reaches towards a rampant bull with his left hand holding a shield and brandishes a weapon with the other. He wears a long, fringed, open robe and has tassels hanging form his back. Between the two figures is a small reclining calf. Behind the bull and the hero is a crescent moon in the sky. |
| Figures, motifs/symbols |
- bull: rampant - calf: reclining - crescent moon - hero: wearing a long, fringed, open robe, has tassels hanging form his back, holding a shield and brandishing a weapon |
| Subcategory | cylinder seal |
| Collection | N/A |
| Condition, shape | worn |
| Culture | Middle Assyrian |
| Provenance | surfaced at art trade |
| First occurence | 1981 |
| Dimensions (mm): height, diameter | h: 49.5, d: 14.5 |
| Material and features | "Kalkstein ... 6 F 7 dunkelbraun" |
| Style | modelled |
| Scene | contest |
| Bibliography |
Bleibtreu 1981, 75–76 no. 91. Bleibtreu, E.: Rollsiegel aus dem Vorderen Orient. Zur Steinschneidekunst zwischen etwa 3200 und 400 vor Christus nach Beständen in Wien und Graz. Wien, 1981. |